Empire Beauty School-Shamokin Dam
About
Empire Beauty School-Shamokin Dam is a cosmetology school located in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania. The institution offers a range of programs focused on cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, and educator training. Although the founding year is not mentioned, it is part of a larger network of Empire Beauty Schools across the U.S.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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-Shamokin Dam | 83% | — | 69 | $17,699 | — |
Academy of Beauty Professionals | — | — | 53 | — | — |
Arthur's Beauty College | — | — | 29 | $12,008 | — |
Barber Institute of Texas | — | — | — | $10,208 | — |
Blue Cliff Career College | — | 89.5% | 107 | $12,304 | — |
Bridges Beauty College | — | — | 98 | $20,849 | — |
Brighton Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 43 | — | — |
Charles of Italy Beauty College | — | — | 76 | $11,641 | — |
Cloyd's Beauty School 3 Inc | — | — | 93 | $4,693 | — |
Dalton Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology | — | — | 47 | $8,607 | — |
Elevate Salon Institute | — | — | — | $23,554 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Charlotte | — | — | 90 | $16,126 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Laconia | — | — | 92 | $9,538 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Pineville | — | — | 75 | $16,090 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Thornton | — | — | 149 | $15,322 | — |
Empire Beauty School-West Mifflin | — | — | 82 | $17,716 | — |
Evans Hairstyling College-Cedar City | — | — | 51 | $13,453 | — |
Evans Hairstyling College-St George | — | — | 66 | $8,513 | — |
Johnny Matthew's Hairdressing Training School | — | — | 60 | $25,124 | — |
La James International College-Johnston | — | — | 141 | $17,456 | — |
Mandalyn Academy | — | — | 55 | $22,626 | — |
Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & Cosmetology | — | — | 77 | $10,770 | — |
Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy | — | — | 88 | $14,596 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Lauderdale | — | — | 64 | $23,036 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid City | — | — | 66 | $21,014 | — |
The Academy of Hair Design LLC | — | — | 56 | $15,080 | — |
The Hair Academy LLC | — | — | 82 | $16,234 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Colorado Springs | — | — | 121 | $11,079 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Nampa | — | — | 111 | $18,215 | — |
Victory Career College | — | — | 100 | $19,436 | — |
| Peer group median | 83% | 89.5% | 77 | $15,706 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Empire Beauty School-Shamokin Dam
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Empire.
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