Empire Beauty School-Lancaster
About
Empire Beauty School-Lancaster is a beauty school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, focusing on programs in cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. The institution is part of a larger network with various locations and offers hands-on training and on-campus salon services to its students.
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.
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 893 borrowers who entered repayment, 40 (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
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 vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Empire 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-Lancaster | 85% | — | 85 | $16,660 | — |
Academy of Hair Design-Jackson | — | — | 71 | $20,068 | — |
Advance Beauty Techs Academy | — | — | 90 | $28,695 | — |
American Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 122 | $23,727 | — |
Bella Cosmetology and Barber College | — | — | 57 | $22,549 | — |
Cameo Beauty Academy | — | — | 82 | $15,916 | — |
Central Valley Barber College | — | — | 122 | $13,611 | — |
Crevier's Academy of Cosmetology Arts | — | — | 79 | $11,589 | — |
Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Rockford | — | — | 97 | $12,359 | — |
Elite Cosmetology School | — | — | 115 | $17,818 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Buffalo | — | — | 87 | $16,087 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Chandler | — | — | 104 | $16,662 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Glen Burnie | — | — | 77 | $17,129 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Green Bay | — | — | 100 | $15,071 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Gwinnett | — | — | 130 | $15,507 | — |
Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia | — | — | 110 | $17,950 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park | — | — | 95 | $17,445 | — |
Graduate America College | — | — | 62 | $15,171 | — |
Hair Professionals School of Cosmetology | — | — | 136 | $19,759 | — |
Hays Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 83 | $14,744 | — |
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Fargo | — | — | 72 | $14,285 | — |
KC's School of Hair Design | — | — | 58 | $9,661 | — |
Milan Institute-Sparks | — | — | 171 | $26,286 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Portsmouth | — | — | 73 | $26,009 | — |
Protege Academy | — | — | 72 | $11,818 | — |
Sandra Academy of Salon Services | — | — | 117 | $7,494 | — |
Sharp Edgez Barber Institute | — | — | 57 | $13,475 | — |
Strand College of Hair Design | — | — | 70 | $11,077 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona | — | — | 83 | $20,533 | — |
UCAS University of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences-La Joya | — | — | 51 | $17,277 | — |
Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 34 | $18,760 | — |
| Peer group median | 85% | — | 83 | $16,660 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Empire Beauty School-Lancaster
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Empire.
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