Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia
Undergraduates
279
Student-faculty ratio 23:1
Graduation rate
34.2%
Within 150% of normal time; 200%: 34.2%
About
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Website
- www.empire.edu
- Undergraduates
- 279
- Student-faculty ratio
- 23 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Large city
- Nearest major city
- In Philadelphia
- Nearest international airport
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), about 7 mi
- Academic calendar
- Continuous
- Religious affiliation
- Not applicable
- President
- Franklin K. Schoeneman (Chairman/CEO)
- Phone
- 8009204593
- City
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Address
- 1522 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19102-2701
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
Students
279 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 7:93 · Freshman retention 51.4%
- Continuing undergraduates 98
- First-year undergraduates 98
- Transfers and others 83
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (279)
Age distribution
Bachelor's
International Students
International share over the last 10 years
0 in 2025 · 0.0% in 2016
Cost
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$3.2M
Expenses$3.4M
Campus Life
Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA
No athlete data available for 2025.
No athlete data available for 2024.
No athlete data available for 2023.
Nearby & Safety
Ranked colleges nearby
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University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia · 1.4 mi
U.S. News #7
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Haverford CollegeHaverford · 8.3 mi
Liberal Arts #26
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Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr · 9.4 mi
Liberal Arts #31
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Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore · 10.4 mi
Liberal Arts #3
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Villanova UniversityVillanova · 10.9 mi
U.S. News #42
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Princeton UniversityPrinceton · 38.4 mi
U.S. News #2
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Lehigh UniversityBethlehem · 46.7 mi
U.S. News #44
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Lafayette CollegeEaston · 51.8 mi
Liberal Arts #30
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Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick · 53.6 mi
U.S. News #44
References and Data Sources
Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.