Concord, NC · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Empire Beauty School-Concord is a private for-profit institution in Concord, NC, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 110 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 20:1. 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-Concord is $19,260 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 133 North Carolina colleges that do report one is $14,116.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | Private nonprofit | 712 | $16,550 |
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 | $23,925 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 65% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $13,000 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 69% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 48% |
| First-generation students | 55% |
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-Concord's largest program is $19,260 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-Concord enrolls about 110 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1.
Empire Beauty School-Concord is a private for-profit institution in Concord, NC. 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-Concord 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-Concord are $23,925 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Empire Beauty School-Concord graduates who borrowed is $13,000, according to College Scorecard.