Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn
About
Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn is a beauty school located in Brooklyn, New York, offering programs such as cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. It is part of the larger Empire Beauty School network, which has multiple locations across the United States.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 1
- Dec 2017Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 968 borrowers who entered repayment, 43 (4.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectEmpire Beauty School-Brooklyn | 63% | — | 98 | $18,430 | — |
Acaydia School of Aesthetics | — | — | 113 | $19,568 | — |
Advanced Barber College and Hair Design | — | — | 91 | $20,784 | — |
Asher Institute of Hampton | — | — | 144 | $19,593 | — |
Associated Barber College of San Diego | — | — | 121 | $20,688 | — |
Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville | — | — | 121 | $18,142 | — |
Chris Beauty College | — | — | 73 | $17,940 | — |
Cortiva Institute | — | — | 95 | $26,629 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Bloomington | — | — | 128 | $17,164 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Savannah | — | — | 127 | $17,452 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley | — | — | 176 | $17,467 | — |
Gould's Academy | — | — | 148 | $11,205 | — |
Hollywood Institute | — | — | 215 | $18,627 | — |
International College of Cosmetology | — | — | 113 | $1,973 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia | — | — | 127 | $16,640 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta | — | — | 118 | $17,947 | — |
Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge | — | — | 232 | $23,106 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Denton | — | — | 228 | $18,818 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham | — | — | 129 | $13,735 | — |
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman | — | — | 129 | $14,006 | — |
Rivertown School of Beauty Barber Skin Care and Nails | — | — | 150 | $10,963 | — |
Shear Excellence Hair Academy | — | — | 118 | $42,367 | — |
Sierra College of Beauty | — | — | 220 | $11,519 | — |
Stacey James Institute | — | — | 90 | $16,707 | — |
Stewart School | — | — | 133 | $16,329 | — |
Summit Salon Academy-Gainesville | — | 52.0% | 83 | $15,818 | — |
Summit Salon Academy-Lexington | — | 81.3% | 154 | $13,809 | — |
Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy | — | — | 175 | $21,156 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Peoria | — | — | 125 | $20,508 | — |
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy | — | — | 129 | $25,694 | — |
| Peer group median | 63% | 66.6% | 128 | $17,944 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn.
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