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Cosmetology program at Empire Beauty School-Warwick

Providence, RI · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (800) 920-4593 · School website

On Rhode Island'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)
$15,000
Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
$2,750
Listed cost
$17,750
LengthIPEDS
1,000 clock hours, 7 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
59
Graduates' earningsCollege Scorecard reports Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services as one group at this school
Not shown for this program alone
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$26,307
Typical pay for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologistsBLS OEWS May 2025, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
$31,200

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-Warwick awarded 59 cosmetology credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 2 we list. Its listed tuition of $15,000 compares with a Rhode Island median wage of $31,200 for hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists (BLS, May 2025).

On Rhode Island'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
CosmetologyCosmetology · In person · CIP 12.0401$16,320+ $192 books40 weeks, 30 hours a week41.8%67.3%$4,969122

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).

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