Private for-profit · Community college
Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro, Tennessee · Midsize city
- 2%
- Transfer rate
- $18,716
- Avg net price
- 75%
- Grad / completion
- $30,461
- Median earnings
Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (midsize city setting), enrolling 201 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. On October 27, 1811, the Tennessee General Assembly designated the location for a new county seat for Rutherford County, giving it the name Cannonsburgh in honor of Newton Cannon, representative to the assembly for the local area. For over 30 years, Uncle Dave Macon Days has celebrated the musical tradition of Uncle Dave Macon. This annual July event includes national competitions for old-time music and dancing. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 30 miles to Nashville, TN
- To the ocean
- 364 miles
- Nearest airport
- 24 miles to Nashville (BNA) · major hub
How Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro compares
Higher than 70% · #29 of 81 in Tennessee
Higher than 59%
Higher than 33% · #51 of 70 in Tennessee
Cheaper than 37% · #60 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee
Lower than 75%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 45%
Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro 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 Tennessee.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women18793%
- Men147%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White56%
- Black22%
- Hispanic9.4%
- Asian2.5%
- Other or multiracial9.9%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 201
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Students over 25
- 34%
- Median family income
- $23,696
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
- $18,716
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 75%
- First-year retention
- 77%
- Transferred to another college
- 2%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,963
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $30,461
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Students with federal loans
- 47%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 34%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $20
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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-Murfreesboro 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)
- $30,461
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 26%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 37%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Men out-earn women by $1,614 (5%) 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
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 28°F
- Annual rain
- 55.9″
- Annual snow
- 2.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Murfreesboro 5 N, TN US station (5.6 mi from campus).
What Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro graduates study — and earn
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.