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

Astoria, New York · For-profit · 147 undergrads

The typical student earns $24,397 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,667 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$24.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10.7k
median federal debt at graduation.
27%
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
57%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$19,174
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$21,941
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$24,397
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
34%

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
$10,667
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,756
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,661
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,389
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
45%

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