American Barber and Beauty Academy
Reading, PA
- Undergrads
- 104
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- Not reported
- Grad rate
- 88%
- Specialty: Culinary & Personal Services 100%
Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19154City: LargeUNITID 212753
Private for-profit <2-yearSpecialty: Culinary & Personal Services 100%
Undergraduates
110
Graduate students
Not reported
Admit rate
Not reported
Average net price
$18.1k
Graduation rate
82%
Retention rate
74%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$24.4k
Median debt
$13.6k
Student : faculty
13:1
Value score*
15th pct.
Programs offered
1
Highest degree
Certificate degree
- Sector
- Private for-profit <2-year
- Region
- Northeast · Middle Atlantic
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Not classified
- Size & setting
- Not reported
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly certificate-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
- 102
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- Not reported
- Grad rate
- 84%
- Specialty: Culinary & Personal Services 100%
Empire Beauty School-Union
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- Undergrads
- 103
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $17.6k
- Grad rate
- 44%
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Empire Beauty School-Malden
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- Undergrads
- 95
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $18.5k
- Grad rate
- 78%
- Specialty: Culinary & Personal Services 100%
Empire Beauty School-Lehigh Valley
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- Undergrads
- 99
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $17.3k
- Grad rate
- 67%
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Empire Beauty School-Reading
Reading, PA
- Undergrads
- 90
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Net price
- $18.2k
- Grad rate
- 82%
- Specialty: Culinary & Personal Services 100%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.