Paul Mitchell
the School-Rhode Island
For-profit College in Cranston, RI. Median 10-year earnings $26,897.
Ten-year median earnings of $26,897 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $13,000, a light load against those earnings.
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. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 266 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,822 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $25,799 at $0–30k against $30,624 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. About 49% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 26 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 | $25,799 |
| $30–48k | $22,721 |
| $48–75k | $34,411 |
| $75–110k | $34,911 |
| $110k+ | $30,624 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 131 of these 266 students, totalling $778,078 — an average of $5,940 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Providence 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)