Empire Beauty School-Vernon Hills
Undergraduates
50
Student-faculty ratio 25:1
Graduation rate
60.0%
Within 150% of normal time; 200%: 60.0%
About
- Location
- Vernon Hills, Illinois
- Website
- www.empire.edu
- Undergraduates
- 50
- Student-faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Suburb of a large city
- Nearest major city
- Chicago, about 30 mi
- Nearest international airport
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), about 20 mi
- Academic calendar
- Continuous
- Religious affiliation
- Not applicable
- President
- Franklin K. Schoeneman (Chairman/CEO)
- Phone
- 8009204593
- City
- Vernon Hills, Illinois
- Address
- 226 Hawthorn Village Commons, Vernon Hills, IL 60061-1519
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
Students
50 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 0:100 · Freshman retention 72.7%
- Continuing undergraduates 25
- First-year undergraduates 25
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (50)
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$825K
Expenses$898K
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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Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest · 6.7 mi
Liberal Arts #62
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Northwestern UniversityEvanston · 19.5 mi
U.S. News #9
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Loyola University ChicagoChicago · 22.7 mi
U.S. News #121
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Wheaton College (IL)Wheaton · 26.7 mi
Liberal Arts #57
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University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago · 30.1 mi
U.S. News #95
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Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago · 33.1 mi
U.S. News #121
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University of ChicagoChicago · 36.4 mi
U.S. News #9
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Marquette UniversityMilwaukee · 55.1 mi
U.S. News #90
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Beloit CollegeBeloit · 57.6 mi
Liberal Arts #100
Incidents, 2023–2025
From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.
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.