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Paul Mitchell the School-Denver

Lakewood, Colorado · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$25,711
Avg net price
78%
Grad / completion
—
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Denver is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lakewood, Colorado (large suburb setting), enrolling 213 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 213 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Lakewood, Colorado

Lakewood is the home rule city that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The urban and suburban development of the community known as Lakewood was started in 1889 by Charles Welch and W.A.H. Loveland, who platted a 13-block area along Colfax Avenue west of Denver in eastern Jefferson County. Belmar is the town center with a mix of retail, residential, cultural, and public space. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
5 miles to Denver, CO
To the ocean
740 miles
Nearest airport
14 miles to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (BJC)

How Paul Mitchell the School-Denver compares

Graduation rate78%

Higher than 74% · #13 of 49 in Colorado

First-year retention96%

Higher than 89%

Average net price$25,711

Cheaper than 17% · #40 cheapest of 49 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$9,783

Lower than 50%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment213

Larger than 46%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Denver 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

213undergrads
  • Women19993%
  • Men147%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White50%
  • Black2.8%
  • Hispanic29%
  • Asian4.7%
  • Other or multiracial13%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
213
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
47%
First-generation students
43%
Students over 25
35%
Median family income
$27,797

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 33 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Colorado91%
  • Other U.S. states9.4%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Denver 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
$25,711

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
78%
First-year retention
96%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$28,859
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
—
Median debt at graduation
$9,783
Students with federal loans
50%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
78%
Low-income (Pell)
48%
First-generation
51%

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

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.

< $30k
$22,735
$30–48k
$23,209
$48–75k
$26,564
$75–110k
$28,862
$110k+
$29,544

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-Denver 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.

Campus climate

Summer high
86°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
17.5″
Annual snow
58″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.32.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lakewood, CO US station (3.6 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
153 grads$25k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$12k debt

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.