Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 100 where 121 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 131 students in 2024 and was lowest at 71 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 115 to 121 students, a net gain of 6 (5.2%).

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

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• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	115	6	109
2016-17	94 -21	4 -2	90 -19
2017-18	93 -1	4	89 -1
2018-19	71 -22	2 -2	69 -20
2019-20	90 19	5 3	85 16
2020-21	74 -16	2 -3	72 -13
2021-22	90 16	3 1	87 15
2022-23	125 35	5 2	120 33
2023-24	131 6	4 -1	127 7
2024-25	121 -10	2 -2	119 -8
Average	100	4	97

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.79% and the percentage of black students is 75.21% at Empire Beauty School-Owings Mills. 0.83% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 4.35% to 5.79%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.83%. Black student enrollment decreased from 89.57% to 75.21%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.61% to 7.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4155 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1952 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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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	0	103	3	0	5	1
2016-17	0	0	78	1	0	2	0
2017-18	0	0	78	2	0	2	0
2018-19	0	0	62	2	0	1	1
2019-20	0	1	81	3	0	1	1
2020-21	0	2	62	0	2	3	3
2021-22	0	0	75	4	1	3	6
2022-23	0	1	107	3	0	9	5
2023-24	1	1	101	9	0	12	7
2024-25	1	1	91	9	0	7	12
Average	0	1	84	4	0	5	4

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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