Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-East Bay

Pleasant Hill, California · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $30,680
Avg net price: 78%
Grad / completion: $29,418
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-East Bay is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Pleasant Hill, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 184 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 184 undergradsLarge suburbNear the coast

About Pleasant Hill, California

Pleasant Hill is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. Parks in Pleasant Hill are maintained and managed by the Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District. The district is a separate entity from the City of Pleasant Hill. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 23 miles to San Francisco, CA
To the ocean: 7 miles
Nearest airport: 3 miles to Buchanan Field (CCR)

How Paul Mitchell the School-East Bay compares

Graduation rate78%

Higher than 74% · #111 of 382 in California

First-year retention94%

Higher than 87%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,418

Higher than 29% · #261 of 326 in California

Average net price$30,680

Cheaper than 7% · #325 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$13,083

Lower than 21%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment184

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-East Bay 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 California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women17897%
Men63%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White29%
Black13%
Hispanic33%
Asian7.1%
Other or multiracial18%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 184
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 45%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 35%
Median family income: $21,716

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 35 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From California100%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-East Bay draws overwhelmingly from California.

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: $30,680

Outcomes

Graduated: 78%
First-year retention: 94%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $23,133
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $29,418
Median debt at graduation: $13,083
Students with federal loans: 50%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 50%

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

$27,490

$30–48k

$31,157

$48–75k

$30,395

$75–110k

$33,825

$110k+

$33,104

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-East Bay 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): $29,418
Typical debt at graduation: $13,083
Debt vs. one year's pay: 44%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 4.4 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: 88°F
Winter low: 41°F
Annual rain: 17.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Concord Wwtp, CA US station (2.7 mi from campus).

What Paul Mitchell the School-East Bay graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

171 grads$18k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$14k debt

171$17,858$27,442$13,667

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.