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

Bangor, Maine · For-profit · 118 undergrads

The typical student earns $23,925 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$23.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$13k
median federal debt at graduation.
28%
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
62%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$19,338
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$21,338
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,925
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
19%

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
$13,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,667
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,667
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,884
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
28%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
35%

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