Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock

North Little Rock, Arkansas · Small city

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Transfer rate: $18,356
Avg net price: 71%
Grad / completion: $24,765
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in North Little Rock, Arkansas (small city setting), enrolling 360 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 360 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About North Little Rock, Arkansas

North Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Originally named Argenta, Arkansas, the community was founded on April 18, 1871. In 1890, the city of Little Rock annexed Argenta as part of its eighth ward, preempting a competing petition to incorporate. Burns Park, one of the largest city-owned parks in the United States, contains a baseball and softball complex, soccer complex, campground, two golf courses, hiking trails, amusement park, and tennis complex. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Little Rock, AR
To the ocean: 326 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)

How Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock compares

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 64% · #10 of 47 in Arkansas

First-year retention92%

Higher than 84%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,765

Higher than 17% · #30 of 43 in Arkansas

Average net price$18,356

Cheaper than 38% · #43 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas

Median debt at graduation$10,725

Lower than 38%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment360

Larger than 57%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock 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 Arkansas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women34897%
Men123%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White49%
Black22%
Hispanic7.2%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial21%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 360
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 61%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 35%
Median family income: $19,466

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 26 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Arkansas100%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock draws overwhelmingly from Arkansas.

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: $18,356

Outcomes

Graduated: 71%
First-year retention: 92%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $18,994
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,765
Median debt at graduation: $10,725
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 46%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

71%

Low-income (Pell)

61%

First-generation

64%

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: $50

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$18,047

$30–48k

$17,963

$48–75k

$20,515

$75–110k

$24,054

$110k+

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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

$8,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 2% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $8,000. 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 50 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $24,765
Typical debt at graduation: $10,725
Debt vs. one year's pay: 43%
Out-earn a HS grad: 17%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.3 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

$25,626

Men

$20,508

Women out-earn men by $5,118 (25%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 32°F
Annual rain: 51.9″
Annual snow: 3.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Little Rock, AR US station (3.9 mi from campus).

What Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

119 grads$15k 1 yr$21k 5 yr$15k debt

119$14,898$20,772$15,471

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.