CareerFunded Find training near you

Home / Cosmetology Schools / Minnesota / Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park

Cosmetology program at Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park

Spring Lake Park, MN · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (800) 920-4593 · School website

On Minnesota's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
$20,538
Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
$2,750
Listed cost
$23,288
LengthIPEDS
1,550 clock hours, 11 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
29
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 626 graduates
$18,408
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
$27,163
Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $138 a month over 10 years
$13,000
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$26,307
Typical pay for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologistsBLS OEWS May 2025, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
$46,310

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

Empire Beauty School-Spring Lake Park awarded 29 cosmetology credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), the only career program we list for it. Its listed tuition of $20,538 compares with a Minnesota median wage of $39,170 for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists (BLS, May 2025).

On Minnesota's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
CosmetologyIn person · CIP 12.0401$19,113+ $2,957 books60 weeks, 25 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

Compare nearby cosmetology programs

Find training near you Who pays