Paul Mitchell
the School-Normal
For-profit College in Normal, IL.
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. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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
Students pay an average of $20,199 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($22,689 versus $26,387), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 69% of students receive grant aid, averaging $3,830 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 38% of 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 | $22,689 |
| $30–48k | $20,004 |
| $48–75k | $18,007 |
| $75–110k | $18,460 |
| $110k+ | $26,387 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (McLean County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026