Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky · Large city

#4 graduation rate in Kentucky

0%
Transfer rate: $23,464
Avg net price: 79%
Grad / completion: $23,207
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lexington, Kentucky (large city setting), enrolling 189 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 189 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. Lexington was named in June 1775, in what was then considered Fincastle County, Virginia, 17 years before Kentucky became a state. The Festival of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's oldest bluegrass music festival, is in early June; it includes three stages for music and a "bluegrass music camp" for school children. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Lexington, KY
To Great Lakes shore: 253 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to Blue Grass (LEX)

How Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington compares

Graduation rate79%

Higher than 75% · #4 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention65%

Higher than 34%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,207

Higher than 12% · #36 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$23,464

Cheaper than 22% · #41 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$9,833

Lower than 48%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment189

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington 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 Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White75%
Black14%
Hispanic8.5%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial1.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 189
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 51%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 41%
Median family income: $20,269

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 37 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Kentucky95%
Other U.S. states5.4%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington draws overwhelmingly from Kentucky.

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: $23,464

Outcomes

Graduated: 79%
First-year retention: 65%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,361
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,207
Median debt at graduation: $9,833
Students with federal loans: 47%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

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

$21,499

$30–48k

$21,108

$48–75k

$24,297

$75–110k

$27,105

$110k+

$28,503

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-Lexington 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): $23,207
Typical debt at graduation: $9,833
Debt vs. one year's pay: 42%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 4.2 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

$22,744

Men

$25,573

Men out-earn women by $2,829 (12%) 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: 87°F
Winter low: 25°F
Annual rain: 49.8″
Annual snow: 14.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lexington Bluegrass AP, KY US station (5.2 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

80 grads$19k 1 yr$22k 5 yr$17k debt

80$18,950$21,614$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.