Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Boise

Boise, Idaho · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $26,248
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $25,719
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Boise is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Boise, Idaho (midsize city setting), enrolling 183 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 183 undergradsMidsize cityCold winters

About Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Idaho. The origin of the name is uncertain. One account credits Capt. B. L. E. Bonneville of the U.S. Army as its source. After trekking for weeks through dry and rough terrain, his exploration party reached an overlook with a view of the Boise River Valley. Boise is a regional hub for jazz, theater, and indie music. The Gene Harris Jazz Festival is hosted in Boise each spring. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Boise, ID
To the ocean: 382 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Boise compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 68% · #10 of 22 in Idaho

First-year retention84%

Higher than 71%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,719

Higher than 20% · #10 of 18 in Idaho

Average net price$26,248

Cheaper than 15% · #21 cheapest of 21 in Idaho

Median debt at graduation$10,555

Lower than 41%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment183

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Boise 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 Idaho.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women16389%
Men2011%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White70%
Black4.4%
Hispanic18%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial6.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 183
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 52%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 42%
Median family income: $20,182

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 31 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Idaho87%
Other U.S. states13%

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

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: $26,248

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 84%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $22,004
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,719
Median debt at graduation: $10,555
Students with federal loans: 53%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 34%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

73%

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

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

$25,962

$30–48k

$24,574

$48–75k

$25,666

$75–110k

$31,011

$110k+

$28,866

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?

Paul Mitchell the School-Boise funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $25,719
Typical debt at graduation: $10,555
Debt vs. one year's pay: 41%
Out-earn a HS grad: 25%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.1 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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 93°F
Winter low: 25°F
Annual rain: 11.5″
Annual snow: 17.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Boise Air Terminal, ID US station (3 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

152 grads$22k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$11k debt

152$21,620$23,084$10,556

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.