Private for-profit · Community college
Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colorado · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $22,022
- Avg net price
- 85%
- Grad / completion
- $27,683
- Median earnings
Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Colorado Springs, Colorado (large city setting), enrolling 204 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a home rule city that is the county seat of and the most populous city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The Ute, Arapaho and Cheyenne peoples were the first recorded inhabiting the area which would become Colorado Springs. Part of the territory included in the United States' 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the current city area was designated part of the 1854 Kansas Territory. Almost immediately following the arrival of railroads beginning in 1871, the city's location at the base of Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains made it a popular tourism destination. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- Colorado Springs, CO
- To the ocean
- 704 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to City of Colorado Springs (COS) · major hub
How Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs compares
Higher than 84% · #6 of 49 in Colorado
Higher than 45%
Higher than 25% · #36 of 44 in Colorado
Cheaper than 26% · #36 cheapest of 49 in Colorado
Lower than 78%
Lower than 18%
Larger than 46%
Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs 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 Colorado.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women17385%
- Men3115%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White61%
- Black13%
- Hispanic23%
- Asian2.0%
- Other or multiracial2.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 204
- Student–faculty ratio
- 23 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 58%
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Students over 25
- 45%
- Median family income
- $23,671
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 36 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Colorado91%
- Other U.S. states9.1%
Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs draws overwhelmingly from Colorado.
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
- $22,022
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 85%
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $24,044
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,683
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,667
- Students with federal loans
- 54%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 34%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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-Colorado Springs 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)
- $27,683
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,667
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 28%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
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
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 15.9″
- Annual snow
- 32.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Colorado Springs Muni AP, CO US station (7.7 mi from campus).
What Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs graduates study — and earn
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.