Paul Mitchell
the School-Charleston
For-profit College in North Charleston, SC. Median 10-year earnings $26,696.
Ten-year median earnings of $26,696 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,740.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The part-time picture is harder: 70% return, against 100% full-time. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 476 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,082 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,024 at $0–30k, $21,007 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 55% of students at an average of $4,707. 57% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 42 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 | $16,024 |
| $30–48k | $17,481 |
| $48–75k | $15,044 |
| $75–110k | $22,289 |
| $110k+ | $21,007 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 269 of these 476 students, totalling $1,846,287 — an average of $6,864 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Charleston 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)