Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Lauderdale

Plantation, Florida · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $22,535
Avg net price: 71%
Grad / completion: —
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Lauderdale is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Plantation, Florida (large suburb setting), enrolling 64 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 64 undergradsLarge suburbMild wintersNear the coast

About Plantation, Florida

Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Before the start of the 20th century, the area that became Plantation was part of the Everglades wetlands, regularly covered by 2–3 feet of water. A 2012 survey of business owners identified a total of 13,674 companies within the city. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 25 miles to Miami, FL
To the ocean: 8 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Lauderdale compares

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 64% · #93 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Average net price$22,535

Cheaper than 24% · #130 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$6,650

Lower than 85%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment64

Larger than 18%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Lauderdale 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 Florida.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women5586%
Men914%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White9.4%
Black14%
Hispanic38%
Asian1.6%
Other or multiracial38%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 64
Student–faculty ratio: 9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 58%
First-generation students: 37%
Students over 25: 44%
Median family income: $27,361

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 28 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Florida100%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Lauderdale draws overwhelmingly from Florida.

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: $22,535

Outcomes

Graduated: 71%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: —
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $6,650
Students with federal loans: 65%

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

$22,417

$30–48k

$24,659

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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

$9,372

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $9,372. 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 31 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high: 90°F
Winter low: 58°F
Annual rain: 68.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, FT Lauderdale, FL US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Lauderdale graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

28 grads$18k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$7k debt

28$17,570$31,784$7,407

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.