Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 130 where 152 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 152 students in 2025 and was lowest at 110 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 110 to 152 students, a net gain of 42 (38.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	110	6	104
2016-17	118 8	8 2	110 6
2017-18	123 5	5 -3	118 8
2018-19	114 -9	3 -2	111 -7
2019-20	120 6	7 4	113 2
2020-21	148 28	5 -2	143 30
2021-22	122 -26	2 -3	120 -23
2022-23	138 16	1 -1	137 17
2023-24	150 12	3 2	147 10
2024-25	152 2	5 2	147
Average	130	5	125

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 17.76% and the percentage of black students is 36.18% at Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg. 11.18% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 36.36% to 17.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.36% to 11.18%. Black student enrollment increased from 20.00% to 36.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.18% to 16.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7906 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8051 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	7	22	9	0	40	12
2016-17	0	2	25	14	0	52	10
2017-18	0	6	19	19	0	67	5
2018-19	1	5	32	11	0	50	6
2019-20	0	8	20	18	0	45	8
2020-21	0	10	35	25	0	58	8
2021-22	0	4	35	22	0	23	1
2022-23	0	8	38	29	0	23	4
2023-24	0	11	36	31	0	20	9
2024-25	1	17	55	25	0	27	13
Average	0	8	32	20	0	41	8

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.