Paul Mitchell
the School-Delaware
For-profit College in Newark, DE. Median 10-year earnings $32,242.
Students who entered Paul Mitchell the School-Delaware reach a median of $32,242 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,833 — modest by four-year standards.
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. 64% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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. The undergraduate body is just 205, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 205 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,521 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,759 at $0–30k, $18,227 at $75–110k. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,608 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 65% 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 · 40 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 | $16,759 |
| $30–48k | $16,606 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $18,227 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 134 of these 205 students, totalling $968,035 — an average of $7,224 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New Castle 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)