10-yr median earnings
$23,921
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Reading, Pennsylvania
Empire Beauty School-Reading
Empire Beauty School-Reading is a private for-profit institution in Reading, Pennsylvania. 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.
- 65.9%
- 150%-time completion
- $18,160
- Avg net price / yr
- $23,921
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Empire Beauty School-Reading posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 9th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 65.9%
- 150%-time completion
- +18%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Empire Beauty School-Reading profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
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; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
40/100
Empire Beauty School-Reading
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
$23,921
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$18,160
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate C+
65.9%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B-
$10,667
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
38.6%
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
$18,160
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
65.9%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 65.9%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Empire Beauty School-Reading 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-Reading 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-Reading: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$23,921 9th percentile higher than 9% 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-Reading | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $23,921 | #4668 of 5103 | 9th |
| Average net price | $18,160 | #2712 of 5020 | 46th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 65.9% | #1745 of 4858 | 64th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 90 | #4445 of 5462 | 19th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
90
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
65.9%
150%-time completion
$23,921
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Empire Beauty School-Reading ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Empire Beauty School-Reading | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $23,921 | #257 of 270 | 5th |
| Average net price | $18,160 | #98 of 264 | 63rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 65.9% | #121 of 259 | 53rd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 90 | #215 of 282 | 24th |
Highest former-student earnings in Pennsylvania
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $138,767 | - |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | $114,862 | $31,944 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | $111,371 | $28,699 |
| 4 | Lehigh University | $105,584 | $36,931 |
| 5 | Villanova University | $100,423 | $43,756 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | $93,807 | $40,766 |
| 7 | Lafayette College | $91,410 | $34,433 |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | $86,881 | $29,689 |
| 9 | Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | $86,881 | $42,478 |
| 10 | Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing | $86,138 | - |
| 11 | Drexel University | $84,648 | $38,509 |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | $80,257 | $23,149 |
| 257 | Empire Beauty School-ReadingThis school | $23,921 | $18,160 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Empire Beauty School-Reading
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$16,520 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$17,446 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$20,012 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$22,955 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Empire Beauty School-Reading - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $18,160 |
64.6%
Pell Grant Rate
63.8%
Federal Loan Rate
$10,667
Median Debt
$113/mo
Monthly Payment
2013–2023: what Empire Beauty School-Reading costs has stayed close to flat
Average net price moved +22.9% over 10 years, from $14,961 to $18,390 in nominal dollars. The median college measured over the same span moved +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $14,9612023 · $18,390
Over the same years, enrollment went -26.9% (104 → 76 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
Student body at a glance
94.8%
Female
50.1%
First Generation
Outcomes
$20,215
Median Earnings (6yr)
23.1%
Earning Over $25K
38.6%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 65.9% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $20,215 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $23,921 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 23.1% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 38.6% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $10,667 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $113/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 43 | $27,578 | $12,090 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Empire Beauty School-Reading? ▼
Empire Beauty School-Reading is a private for-profit institution in Reading, Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 90 students.
How much do Empire Beauty School-Reading former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Empire Beauty School-Reading who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $23,921 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $20,215.
How much does Empire Beauty School-Reading cost? ▼
The average net price at Empire Beauty School-Reading is $18,160.. Median student debt at graduation is $10,667.
What is the graduation rate at Empire Beauty School-Reading? ▼
Empire Beauty School-Reading has a 65.9% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Empire Beauty School-Reading worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Empire Beauty School-Reading is $10,667, while former students earn a median of $23,921 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 45% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 38.6% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $113.
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).
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