Paul Mitchell
the School-Columbus
For-profit College in Columbus, OH. Median 10-year earnings $37,609.
Students who entered Paul Mitchell the School-Columbus reach a median of $37,609 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $9,833, 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 0.26 — 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. 96% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 270 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 270 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,731 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $27,424 at $0–30k, $28,218 at $75–110k. 52% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,605 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 68% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 60 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 | $27,424 |
| $30–48k | $26,728 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $28,218 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 183 of these 270 students, totalling $1,474,681 — an average of $8,058 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Franklin County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026