Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Milwaukee

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $18,700
Avg net price: 8%
Grad / completion: $25,122
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Milwaukee is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (large suburb setting), enrolling 140 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 140 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Wauwatosa is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The lush Menomonee Valley of the Wauwatosa area provided a key overland gateway between the rich glacial farmland of southeastern Wisconsin and the Port of Milwaukee. In 1835, Charles Hart became the first Euro-American to settle here, followed that year by 17 other families. Wauwatosa contains Milwaukee County's Regional Medical Center, which includes the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and Froedtert Hospital, one of two level-one trauma centers in the state. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Milwaukee, WI
To Great Lakes shore: 8 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to General Mitchell (MKE) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Milwaukee compares

Graduation rate8%

Higher than 1% · #40 of 40 in Wisconsin

First-year retention83%

Higher than 70%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,122

Higher than 19% · #32 of 40 in Wisconsin

Average net price$18,700

Cheaper than 37% · #30 cheapest of 38 in Wisconsin

Median debt at graduation$10,486

Lower than 43%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment140

Larger than 36%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White21%
Black58%
Hispanic14%
Asian1.4%
Other or multiracial6.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 140
Student–faculty ratio: 11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 46%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 59%
Median family income: $20,283

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: $18,700

Outcomes

Graduated: 8%
First-year retention: 83%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,587
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,122
Median debt at graduation: $10,486
Students with federal loans: 49%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 37%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $10

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

$18,361

$30–48k

$20,399

$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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $25,122
Typical debt at graduation: $10,486
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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 83°F
Winter low: 14°F
Annual rain: 33.8″
Annual snow: 39.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MT Mary College, WI US station (1.3 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

38 grads$20k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$11k debt

38$19,570$28,576$10,667

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.