Empire Beauty School-Manhattan
About
Empire Beauty School-Manhattan is a beauty school located in Manhattan, New York, focusing on cosmetology programs including esthetics, nail technology, and educator training. The specific founding year is not mentioned, but Empire Beauty School has a long history with several locations across the United States.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 7
- Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Oct 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Nov 2023Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Nov 2023Removal of Monitoring StatusNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2023Renewal 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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,294 students received $5.9M in Pell grants, alongside $6.4M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
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
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-Manhattan | 51% | — | 388 | $19,553 | — |
Asian-American International Beauty College | — | — | 442 | — | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-San Antonio | — | — | 250 | $24,217 | — |
Aveda Institute-Denver | — | — | 280 | $21,495 | — |
Casal Institute of Nevada | — | 79.0% | 271 | $14,037 | — |
Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology-North Dayton | — | — | 210 | $13,528 | — |
Futura Career Institute | — | — | 404 | $22,298 | — |
G Skin & Beauty Institute | — | — | 490 | $21,142 | — |
Georgia Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 200 | $13,000 | — |
Grabber School of Hair Design | — | — | 182 | $12,981 | — |
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-Casselberry | — | — | 273 | $17,903 | — |
Lu Ross Academy | — | — | 229 | $15,711 | — |
Medspa Academies | — | — | 241 | $16,881 | — |
Milan Institute-Bakersfield | — | — | 582 | $29,198 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth | — | — | 500 | $19,659 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-San Antonio | — | — | 466 | $20,159 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford | — | — | 550 | $20,472 | — |
Parisian Beauty School | — | — | 441 | $21,316 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Atlanta | — | — | 249 | $17,887 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa | — | — | 395 | $12,063 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Fresno | — | — | 223 | $20,048 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Houston | — | — | 288 | $20,616 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Sacramento | — | — | 309 | $19,748 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-San Diego | — | — | 225 | $25,671 | — |
Penrose Academy | — | 100.0% | 403 | $23,650 | — |
Praxis Institute | — | — | 422 | $8,661 | — |
South Hills Beauty Academy | — | — | 183 | $5,948 | — |
Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc | — | — | 323 | $11,492 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Highland | — | — | 319 | $19,194 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Indianapolis | — | — | 346 | $19,046 | — |
| Peer group median | 51% | 89.5% | 314 | $19,553 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityEmpire Beauty School Gives Back Cosmetology Educational Endowment ProgramEmpire Beauty Schoolinstitution_site$3,000
- opportunityBeauty & Wellness Professionals ScholarshipBeauty Schools Marketing Groupinstitution_site$2,500
- opportunityEmpire Beauty School Good Attendance ScholarshipEmpire Beauty Schoolinstitution_site$1,000
- opportunityEmpire Beauty School High School ScholarshipEmpire Beauty Schoolinstitution_site$1,000
- opportunityAlice Madden Barton Scholarship ProgramGreat Clipsinstitution_site
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