Empire Beauty School-Lakeland
Empire Beauty School in Lakeland, FL, primarily trains students for cosmetology careers, covering hair, skin, and nail services. The school emphasizes hands-on learning, with students practicing techniques on mannequins from day one and gaining experience with real clients in the student salon/clinic under instructor supervision. Empire Beauty School also offers career placement assistance through its website, BeautyCareer.com, where students can create resumes and search for job opportunities.
Programs Analyzed
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All Programs at Empire Beauty School-Lakeland
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 |
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Cosmetology
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43 | $18,639/yr | $12,500 |
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-Lakeland 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.