10-yr median earnings
$24,397
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Indianapolis, Indiana
Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis is a private for-profit institution in Indianapolis, Indiana. Former students earn a median of $24,397 ten years after enrollment at an average net price of $17,213/yr — as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
The verdict
Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis is a private for-profit institution in Indianapolis, Indiana enrolling 213 undergraduates, using College Scorecard institution data retrieved in July 2026.. Federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $24,397 ten years after entry. Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort is $17,213. This profile combines source fields with separately labeled PlainCollege comparisons and derived metrics.
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis operates as a private for-profit institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana (city: large), with a reported undergraduate enrollment of 213 students. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile's peer group and cost cohort are determined.
Admissions and cost fields are IPEDS-derived values published through the Scorecard and retain their source reporting periods. Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; the income-band fields provide more context but still do not replace an institution's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-derived records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year; the entry cohort includes completers and noncompleters. IPEDS completion and retention rates use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so their denominator is not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not as a causal verdict or an individual forecast.
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
10-yr median earnings
$24,397
Federal aid recipients only
Avg net price
$17,213
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$24,397 Top 90% higher than 10% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $24,397 | #4614 of 5103 | 10th |
| Average net price | $17,213 | #2526 of 5020 | 50th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 213 | #3586 of 5462 | 34th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
State rank among 126 reporting Indiana colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $24,397 | #110 of 126 | 13th |
| Average net price | $17,213 | #33 of 96 | 66th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 213 | #58 of 100 | 42nd |
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $101,253 | $42,513 |
| 2 | University of Notre Dame | $99,980 | $26,780 |
| 3 | Chamberlain University-Indiana | $92,405 | $16,149 |
| 4 | Butler University | $77,235 | $36,041 |
| 5 | Purdue University-Main Campus | $72,424 | $14,600 |
| 6 | Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Anderson | $72,424 | - |
| 7 | Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Indianapolis | $72,424 | - |
| 8 | Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic South Bend | $72,424 | - |
| 9 | Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic New Albany | $72,424 | - |
| 10 | Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Columbus | $72,424 | - |
| 11 | Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo | $72,424 | - |
| 12 | Purdue University - Purdue Polytechnic Richmond | $72,424 | - |
| 110 | Empire Beauty School-IndianapolisThis school | $24,397 | $17,213 |
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
$0 – $30k
$16,554 net price / yr
$30k – $48k
$14,992 net price / yr
$48k – $75k
$14,974 net price / yr
$110k+
$22,019 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
| Average Net Price | $17,213 |
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $19,174 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $24,397 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 33.5% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 32.5% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $10,667 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $113/mo |
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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What this means for Empire Beauty School-Indianapolis
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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.