Bloomington, MN · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Empire Beauty School-Bloomington is a private for-profit institution in Bloomington, MN, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 128 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: www.empire.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at Empire Beauty School-Bloomington is $20,538 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 92 Minnesota colleges that do report one is $17,056.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normandale Community College | Public | 7,044 | $6,329 |
| Northwestern Health Sciences University | Private nonprofit | 271 | $12,015 |
| Bethany Global University | Private nonprofit | 81 | $11,000 |
| Academy College | Private for-profit | 56 | $18,680 |
| Rasmussen University-Bloomington | Private for-profit | — | $11,490 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $23,589 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 78% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $10,231 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 54% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 41% |
| First-generation students | 49% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Empire Beauty School-Bloomington's largest program is $20,538 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Empire Beauty School-Bloomington enrolls about 128 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1.
Empire Beauty School-Bloomington is a private for-profit institution in Bloomington, MN. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Empire Beauty School-Bloomington does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at Empire Beauty School-Bloomington are $23,589 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Empire Beauty School-Bloomington graduates who borrowed is $10,231, according to College Scorecard.