Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington

Arlington, Texas · Large city

1%
Transfer rate: $24,060
Avg net price: 62%
Grad / completion: $28,693
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Arlington, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 360 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 360 undergradsLarge city

About Arlington, Texas

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. European settlement in the Arlington area dates back at least to the 1840s. The rich soil of the area attracted farmers, and several agriculture-related businesses were well established by the late nineteenth century. Arlington is home to Six Flags Over Texas, a nationwide theme park that includes many notable attractions. Six Flags also opened Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, a waterpark, after the previous location, Wet 'n Wild, was sold to them in the mid-1990s. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 14 miles to Fort Worth, TX
To the ocean: 236 miles
Nearest airport: 15 miles to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington compares

Graduation rate62%

Higher than 51% · #131 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention61%

Higher than 25%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$28,693

Higher than 27% · #140 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$24,060

Cheaper than 20% · #192 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$8,505

Lower than 69%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment360

Larger than 57%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women34395%
Men175%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White34%
Black28%
Hispanic29%
Asian0.8%
Other or multiracial8.1%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 360
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 55%
First-generation students: 43%
Students over 25: 41%
Median family income: $24,338

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 37 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Texas100%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington draws overwhelmingly from Texas.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $24,060

Outcomes

Graduated: 62%
First-year retention: 61%
Transferred to another college: 1%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $25,987
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $28,693
Median debt at graduation: $8,505
Students with federal loans: 57%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 39%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

62%

Low-income (Pell)

66%

First-generation

68%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$20,075

$30–48k

$19,465

$48–75k

$24,515

$75–110k

$26,895

$110k+

$27,610

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

13%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 13% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,000. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 61 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $28,693
Typical debt at graduation: $8,505
Debt vs. one year's pay: 30%
Out-earn a HS grad: 40%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$28,916

Men

$29,797

Men out-earn women by $881 (3%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 96°F
Winter low: 37°F
Annual rain: 36.2″
Annual snow: 0.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Arlington Muni AP, TX US station (1.4 mi from campus).

What Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

116 grads$21k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$10k debt

116$20,500$26,293$9,833

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.