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After Empire Beauty School-West Palm: graduation, pay and debt

West Palm Beach, Florida · For-profit · 58 undergrads

The typical student earns $25,073 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$25.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$13k
median federal debt at graduation.
29%
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
$19,285
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,223
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,073
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
32%

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
$8,028
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,028
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,009
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%

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