Paul Mitchell
the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville
For-profit College in Hendersonville, TN. Median 10-year earnings $30,461.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $30,461, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,917 — 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 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
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. First-year retention is 79% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 17:1 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 407 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,995 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $22,587 at $0–30k against $24,902 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 45% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Federal borrowing reaches 48% 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 · 24 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 | $22,587 |
| $30–48k | $19,281 |
| $48–75k | $22,029 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $24,902 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 195 of these 407 students, totalling $1,360,136 — an average of $6,975 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sumner County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026