Paul Mitchell
the School-Huntsville
For-profit College in Madison, AL. Median 10-year earnings $19,098.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $19,098, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,375.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.65 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. At 12:1, 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 129 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,077 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $13,674 at the $0–30k band to $28,964 at $110k+. About 52% get grants averaging $6,786, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 50% of students.
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 · 20 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 | $13,674 |
| $30–48k | $16,893 |
| $48–75k | $20,436 |
| $75–110k | $28,964 |
| $110k+ | $28,964 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 65 of these 129 students, totalling $490,889 — an average of $7,552 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Madison County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026