Paul Mitchell
the School-Wichita
For-profit College in Wichita, KS. Median 10-year earnings $31,553.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,553, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,833.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — 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 of 86% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 272 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,793 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,847 at $0–30k, $22,957 at $110k+. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,999 — common but not automatic. 62% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 46 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 | $17,847 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $19,644 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $22,957 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 168 of these 272 students, totalling $1,178,543 — an average of $7,015 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sedgwick 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)