10-yr median earnings
$23,589
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville is a private for-profit institution in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Former students earn a median of $23,589 ten years after enrollment at an average net price of $17,576/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.
- 64.2%
- 150%-time completion
- $17,576
- Avg net price / yr
- $23,589
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 8th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 64.2%
- 150%-time completion
- +8%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Distant
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville is a private for-profit institution in Pottsville, Pennsylvania enrolling 74 undergraduates, using College Scorecard institution data retrieved in July 2026.. Federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $23,589 ten years after entry. Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort is $17,576. 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.
What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Empire Beauty School-Pottsville
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville operates as a private for-profit institution located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania (town: distant), with a reported undergraduate enrollment of 74 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.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
40/100
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville
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.
Earnings F
$23,589
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$17,576
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate C+
64.2%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B
$10,231
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
29.7%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$17,576
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
64.2%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 64.2%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Empire Beauty School-Pottsville vs peers
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.
How Empire Beauty School-Pottsville ranks nationally
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-Pottsville: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$23,589 Top 92% higher than 8% 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
Quick Facts
74
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
64.2%
150%-time completion
$23,589
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $17,576 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $16,666 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $15,569 |
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $17,966 |
| Over $110,000 | $21,420 |
59.8%
Pell Grant Rate
58.8%
Federal Loan Rate
$10,231
Median Debt
$108/mo
Monthly Payment
What students pay at Empire Beauty School-Pottsville rose +34.6% since 2013
Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $12,931 in 2013 to $17,399 in 2023, a rise of $4,468 in nominal dollars. Across the 4,315 colleges measured over the same 2013–2023 span, the median change was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $12,9312023 · $17,399
Over the same years, enrollment went -1.8% (57 → 56 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
White 52.7%
African American 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 25.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native 1.4%
Student body at a glance
95.2%
Female
49.1%
First Generation
Outcomes
64.2%
150%-Time Completion
$21,743
Median Earnings (6yr)
$23,589
Median Earnings (10yr)
29.2%
Earning Over $25K
29.7%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 44 | $26,761 | $12,500 |
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102 students
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Hazleton Area Career Center
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7 students
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Similar Enrollment and Sector
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Similar Reported Net Price
Other Private For-Profit institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
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$17,566 net price · $10 apart
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$17,587 net price · $11 apart
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$17,589 net price · $13 apart
J Michael Harrold Beauty Academy
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$17,560 net price · $16 apart
Similar 2013–2023 Net-Price Trend
Same-sector institutions with the same direction and nearest fitted annual change; only series with R² of at least 0.40 qualify.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Empire Beauty School-Pottsville? ▼
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville is a private for-profit institution in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 74 students.
How much do Empire Beauty School-Pottsville former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Empire Beauty School-Pottsville who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $23,589 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $21,743.
How much does Empire Beauty School-Pottsville cost? ▼
The average net price at Empire Beauty School-Pottsville is $17,576.. Median student debt at graduation is $10,231.
What is the graduation rate at Empire Beauty School-Pottsville? ▼
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville has a 64.2% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Empire Beauty School-Pottsville worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Empire Beauty School-Pottsville is $10,231, while former students earn a median of $23,589 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 43% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 29.7% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $108.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
What this means for Empire Beauty School-Pottsville
- Empire Beauty School-Pottsville's reported 10-year former-student earnings land in the 8th percentile among reporting colleges.
- The average net price after aid is $17,576 - compare it against schools with similar outcomes but a lower cost.Find similar schools that cost less
- See how this school compares to every other college in Pennsylvania.Browse Pennsylvania
For-profit Scorecard figures are Title-IV cohort history — verify current program costs, accreditation, and repayment outcomes with the school and official aid tools.
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.