Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem
For-profit College in Winston-Salem, NC. Median 10-year earnings $24,397.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $24,397, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,667 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 75% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 23:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. At 132 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 132 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,346 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,124 at $0–30k against $21,857 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 70% get grants averaging $5,321, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 61% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 43 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,124 |
| $30–48k | $16,298 |
| $48–75k | $21,857 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $21,857 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 80 of these 132 students, totalling $663,750 — an average of $8,297 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Forsyth County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)