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After Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati: graduation, pay and debt

Cincinnati, Ohio · For-profit · 175 undergrads

The typical student earns $23,743 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$23.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$16.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
18%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
36%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,636
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$18,641
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,743
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
44%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$16,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,155
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
18%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
75%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers