Paul Mitchell
the School-Arlington
For-profit College in Arlington, TX. Median 10-year earnings $28,693.
Ten-year median earnings of $28,693 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $8,505, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 415 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 415 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,569 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $20,075 at $0–30k, $27,610 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 64% of students at an average of $4,954. Borrowing is widespread: 57% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 88 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,075 |
| $30–48k | $19,465 |
| $48–75k | $24,515 |
| $75–110k | $26,895 |
| $110k+ | $27,610 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 235 of these 415 students, totalling $1,380,978 — an average of $5,877 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tarrant County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)