Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education
Student retention, or how often students return to continue their degree after completing their first year, is another helpful indicator. Over the last five years, at Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia, about 53% of full-time students returned the following fall to continue their degree.
The size and demographic makeup of a school’s student body can have a large impact on a student’s experience. Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia has 478 students, which puts it in the {SIZE_PERCENTILE} percentile of for-profit, 2-year schools.
About 93% of students are female.
And about 57% of students are black.