Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-Manhattan

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 409 where 388 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 566 students in 2016 and was lowest at 307 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 566 to 388 students, a net loss of 178 (31.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	566	36	530
2016-17	514 -52	38 2	476 -54
2017-18	481 -33	18 -20	463 -13
2018-19	432 -49	26 8	406 -57
2019-20	403 -29	30 4	373 -33
2020-21	342 -61	23 -7	319 -54
2021-22	307 -35	20 -3	287 -32
2022-23	317 10	17 -3	300 13
2023-24	342 25	24 7	318 18
2024-25	388 46	14 -10	374 56
Average	409	25	385

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.09% and the percentage of black students is 57.22% at Empire Beauty School-Manhattan. 1.55% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 30.15% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 4.59% to 3.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.41% to 1.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 55.65% to 57.22%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 30.21% to 30.15%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5795 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.5941 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-Manhattan 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	8	315	171	0	26	29
2016-17	1	7	275	130	0	27	26
2017-18	3	9	251	148	0	19	33
2018-19	0	7	260	112	0	13	8
2019-20	0	4	229	107	0	11	19
2020-21	0	2	217	80	0	5	16
2021-22	1	4	143	105	1	15	11
2022-23	1	2	148	90	0	8	16
2023-24	1	3	174	115	0	16	4
2024-25	0	6	222	117	0	12	12
Average	1	5	223	118	0	15	17

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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