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Empire Beauty School-Bloomington

⌖ Bloomington, MN · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$475,400 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

—Modeled economic break-even

−188%Modeled 10-year ROI

$22,786Observed earnings · year 5

Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff

Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it

ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation

−$475,400at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$253,2600

−$475,40010

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuitionNot available

Sticker price

Average net price$18,315

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$22,456

Tuition + living budget

COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences
Main award level: Certificates
Campus setting: City
Admissions: Open admission
Delivery: Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation: No special designation reported

Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$18,315Average net price / year

$22,456Cost of attendance

$10,231Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$108/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$22,786Median earnings · year 5 after completion

77.9%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

128Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$17,306

$30–48k$16,954

$48–75k$17,430

$75–110k$21,765

$110k+$22,456

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$22,786

Year 6$21,743

Year 10$23,589

Full-time retention: 72.3%
Part-time retention: 66.7%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 64.9%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

10thEarnings percentile

79thCompletion percentile

WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$26,761Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$13,849Median federal debt across categories that report debt

100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$18,299Year 1

$26,762Year 4

$22,786Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$26,761

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI: -188%

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt	2023–24 awards
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$26,761	$13,849	54

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.