Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake

Webster, Texas · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $20,472
Avg net price: 86%
Grad / completion: $27,384
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Webster, Texas (large suburb setting), enrolling 133 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 133 undergradsLarge suburbNear the coast

About Webster, Texas

Webster is a city in the U.S. state of Texas located in Harris County, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The community was founded in 1879 by James W. Webster under the name "Gardentown". It was established initially as a colony for settlers from England. It began as a stopover for travelers between Houston/Harrisburg, Galveston, Kemah, and Seabrook. The Edgar A. Smith Family YMCA is located in Houston; it has a Webster mailing address. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 22 miles to Houston, TX
To the ocean: 6 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to William P. Hobby (HOU) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake compares

Graduation rate86%

Higher than 86% · #31 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention95%

Higher than 89%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,384

Higher than 25% · #146 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$20,472

Cheaper than 31% · #156 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$11,336

Lower than 33%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment133

Larger than 35%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake 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

Women12795%
Men65%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White35%
Black12%
Hispanic35%
Asian1.5%
Other or multiracial16%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 133
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 58%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 34%
Median family income: $19,813

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 48 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Texas100%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake 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: $20,472

Outcomes

Graduated: 86%
First-year retention: 95%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $26,017
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,384
Median debt at graduation: $11,336
Students with federal loans: 55%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 35%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

86%

Low-income (Pell)

55%

First-generation

60%

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: $25

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

$19,958

$30–48k

$16,920

$48–75k

$19,918

$75–110k

$24,265

$110k+

$24,265

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$500

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $500. 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 38 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): $27,384
Typical debt at graduation: $11,336
Debt vs. one year's pay: 41%
Out-earn a HS grad: 41%

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$25,354

Men

$41,850

Men out-earn women by $16,496 (65%) 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: 92°F
Winter low: 46°F
Annual rain: 60.2″
Annual snow: 0.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Houston Nwso, TX US station (4.7 mi from campus).

What Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

99 grads$19k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$17k debt

99$19,036$28,319$16,500

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.