Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Michigan

Sterling Heights, Michigan · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $12,625
Avg net price: 80%
Grad / completion: $26,897
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Michigan is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Sterling Heights, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 136 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 136 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Sterling Heights, Michigan

Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As a result of the War of 1812 and the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs, the area of the Michigan Territory which now makes up Sterling Heights was first surveyed by Deputy Surveyor Joseph Wampler; his survey was approved on February 20, 1818. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 18 miles to Detroit, MI
To Great Lakes shore: 20 miles
Nearest airport: 31 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Michigan compares

Graduation rate80%

Higher than 78% · #18 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention75%

Higher than 55%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,897

Higher than 23% · #61 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$12,625

Cheaper than 59% · #39 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$13,000

Lower than 22%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment136

Larger than 35%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Michigan 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 Michigan.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women11988%
Men1713%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White64%
Black24%
Hispanic4.4%
Asian0.7%
Other or multiracial7.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 136
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 38%
First-generation students: 43%
Students over 25: 27%
Median family income: $22,429

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $12,625

Outcomes

Graduated: 80%
First-year retention: 75%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $23,724
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $26,897
Median debt at graduation: $13,000
Students with federal loans: 43%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 42%

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

$12,625

$30–48k

—

$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?

Paul Mitchell the School-Michigan 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): $26,897
Typical debt at graduation: $13,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 48%
Out-earn a HS grad: 31%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.8 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

$26,964

Men

$25,379

Women out-earn men by $1,585 (6%) 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: 82°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 35″
Annual snow: 32.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MT Clemens Ang Base, MI US station (10.8 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

99 grads$16k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$12k debt

99$16,464$25,624$12,000

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.