Empire Beauty School-West Palm
About
Empire Beauty School is a chain of for-profit cosmetology schools in the United States. Headquartered in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, it is the largest system of cosmetology schools in the country. Founded in 1946, it currently has 76 schools nationwide. It trains students as cosmetologists, estheticians, electrologists, hair stylists and colorists, makeup artists, manicurists and nail technicians.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
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-West Palm | 60% | — | 96 | $17,362 | — |
Academy of Hair Design-Lufkin | — | — | 74 | $11,990 | — |
Allstate Hairstyling & Barber College | — | — | 33 | $11,440 | — |
Appalachian Beauty School | — | — | 49 | $13,366 | — |
Baldwin Beauty School-South Austin | — | — | 31 | $16,878 | — |
Brown Beauty Barber School | — | — | 54 | $19,971 | — |
Cadillac Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 43 | $14,850 | — |
Cannella School of Hair Design-Chicago | — | — | — | $11,880 | — |
Capri Beauty College | — | — | 33 | $10,777 | — |
Debutantes School of Cosmetology and Nail Technology | — | — | 99 | $8,331 | — |
Empire Beauty School-North Hills | — | — | 83 | $17,807 | — |
Evans Hairstyling College-Rexburg | — | — | 76 | $9,349 | — |
Gerbers Akron Beauty School | — | — | 39 | $8,754 | — |
Hogan Institute of Cosmetology and Esthetics | — | — | 69 | $30,110 | — |
International Barber College | — | — | 45 | $17,929 | — |
Laredo CHI Academy Beauty School | — | — | 54 | $9,674 | — |
Lehigh Valley Barber School | — | — | 77 | $14,398 | — |
Love Beauty School Inc | — | — | 75 | $7,814 | — |
Maryland Beauty Academy of Essex | — | — | 35 | $16,484 | — |
Neosho Beauty College | — | — | 47 | $8,114 | — |
New Concept Massage and Beauty School | — | — | 123 | $13,514 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Madison | — | — | 70 | $23,365 | — |
Phagans School of Beauty | — | — | 38 | $9,747 | — |
PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow | — | — | 44 | $19,420 | — |
Profile Institute of Barber-Styling | — | — | 34 | $20,489 | — |
SOHO Hair Academy | — | — | 66 | $11,765 | — |
Steven Papageorge Hair Academy | — | — | 60 | $12,534 | — |
Stylemaster College of Hair Design | — | — | 50 | $8,222 | — |
Waynes College of Beauty | — | — | 46 | $17,652 | — |
West Michigan College of Barbering and Beauty | — | — | 80 | $8,314 | — |
Westchester School of Beauty Culture | — | — | 59 | $16,055 | — |
| Peer group median | 60% | — | 54 | $13,366 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Empire Beauty School-West Palm
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Empire.
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