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-Maine, about 70% 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-Maine has 149 students, which puts it in the {SIZE_PERCENTILE} percentile of for-profit, 2-year schools.
About 99% of students are female.
And about 86% of students are white.