Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-West Mifflin

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 75 where 82 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 4 decreases. It peaked at 89 students in 2016 and was lowest at 55 in 2019. Overall, enrollment dropped from 89 to 82 students, a net loss of 7 (7.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	89	2	87
2016-17	86 -3	3 1	83 -4
2017-18	86	4 1	82 -1
2018-19	55 -31	4	51 -31
2019-20	71 16	0 -4	71 20
2020-21	78 7	1 1	77 6
2021-22	69 -9	4 3	65 -12
2022-23	62 -7	2 -2	60 -5
2023-24	76 14	1 -1	75 15
2024-25	82 6	3 2	79 4
Average	75	2	73

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 15.85% and the percentage of black students is 20.73% at Empire Beauty School-West Mifflin. 2.44% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 43.82% to 15.85%. Asian enrollment declined from 12.36% to 2.44%. Black student enrollment decreased from 25.84% to 20.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.00% to 4.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9288 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7258 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-West Mifflin over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	1	11	23	0	0	39	0
2016-17	0	11	24	1	0	34	1
2017-18	0	3	31	0	0	40	5
2018-19	0	0	26	0	0	21	4
2019-20	0	2	29	1	0	22	4
2020-21	0	1	36	1	0	27	6
2021-22	0	1	34	1	0	16	1
2022-23	0	1	23	1	0	13	0
2023-24	0	5	28	2	0	19	2
2024-25	0	2	17	4	0	13	1
Average	0	4	27	1	0	24	2

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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