Paul Mitchell
the School-Merrillville
For-profit College in Merrillville, IN.
- ✓ 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. Retention is weak: only 33% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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. This is a small school — 152 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 152 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,672 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($22,025 versus $29,420), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Only 43% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Borrowing is widespread: 67% take federal loans.
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 · 8 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 | $22,025 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $19,350 |
| $75–110k | $29,420 |
| $110k+ | $29,420 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 102 of these 152 students, totalling $703,879 — an average of $6,901 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lake 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)