Paul Mitchell
the School-East Bay
For-profit College in Pleasant Hill, CA. Median 10-year earnings $29,418.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $29,418, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $13,083, 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.
- ✓ 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. 94% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. At 348 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 348 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $30,218 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($27,490 versus $33,104), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Only 46% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 50% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 94 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 | $27,490 |
| $30–48k | $31,157 |
| $48–75k | $30,395 |
| $75–110k | $33,825 |
| $110k+ | $33,104 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 173 of these 348 students, totalling $892,922 — an average of $5,161 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Contra Costa 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)