Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-Charlotte

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 83 where 90 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 96 students in 2023 and was lowest at 64 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 82 to 90 students, a net gain of 8 (9.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	82	8	74
2016-17	87 5	6 -2	81 7
2017-18	81 -6	2 -4	79 -2
2018-19	86 5	6 4	80 1
2019-20	90 4	7 1	83 3
2020-21	77 -13	4 -3	73 -10
2021-22	64 -13	4	60 -13
2022-23	96 32	6 2	90 30
2023-24	81 -15	5 -1	76 -14
2024-25	90 9	6 1	84 8
Average	83	5	78

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.22% and the percentage of black students is 72.22% at Empire Beauty School-Charlotte. Hispanic students comprise 1.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 2.44% to 2.22%. Black student enrollment decreased from 90.24% to 72.22%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.66% to 1.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4767 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1837 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-Charlotte 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	0	0	74	3	0	2	0
2016-17	0	0	83	2	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	74	2	0	2	0
2018-19	0	0	77	3	0	1	2
2019-20	0	0	77	3	0	3	4
2020-21	0	0	65	3	0	2	1
2021-22	0	0	44	5	0	0	1
2022-23	0	0	53	8	0	1	0
2023-24	0	0	61	5	0	4	2
2024-25	0	0	65	1	0	2	3
Average	0	0	67	4	0	2	1

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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