Empire Beauty School-Aurora

Aurora, CO · Private for-profit · 98 students · Visit Website

Empire Beauty School in Aurora, CO, focuses on training students for careers in cosmetology, covering haircutting, styling, coloring, makeup application, and nail services. The program emphasizes hands-on learning in a student salon environment, where you work with real clients to build your skills and a book of business. The school also offers job placement assistance through its BeautyCareer.com website and hosts career fairs to connect students with employment opportunities.

Programs Analyzed

1

Avg Grad Earnings

$15,322/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

42/100

All Programs at Empire Beauty School-Aurora

1 trade program at Empire Beauty School, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Cosmetology
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
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42 $15,322/yr $10,667 Moderate Very Large
145 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Empire Beauty School-Aurora using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.