Paul Mitchell
the School-Spokane
For-profit College in Spokane Valley, WA. Median 10-year earnings $27,209.
Ten-year median earnings of $27,209 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,556.
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
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention of 94% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 345, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 345 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,459 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,869 at $0–30k against $26,900 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 64% get grants averaging $6,510, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 60% 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 · 103 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 | $20,869 |
| $30–48k | $22,217 |
| $48–75k | $22,874 |
| $75–110k | $24,478 |
| $110k+ | $26,900 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 207 of these 345 students, totalling $1,684,837 — an average of $8,139 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Spokane 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)