Paul Mitchell
the School-Phoenix
For-profit College in Phoenix, AZ. Median 10-year earnings $29,340.
Students who entered Paul Mitchell the School-Phoenix reach a median of $29,340 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,779, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
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 54% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. A 15:1 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 239 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,491 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $19,320 at $0–30k, $25,438 at $110k+. About 72% get grants averaging $5,034, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 55% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 47 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 | $19,320 |
| $30–48k | $20,147 |
| $48–75k | $20,962 |
| $75–110k | $25,438 |
| $110k+ | $25,438 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 131 of these 239 students, totalling $838,854 — an average of $6,403 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Maricopa 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)