Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville

Hendersonville, Tennessee · Large suburb

3%
Transfer rate: $22,587
Avg net price: 74%
Grad / completion: $30,461
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Hendersonville, Tennessee (large suburb setting), enrolling 237 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 237 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Hendersonville, Tennessee

Hendersonville is the most populous city in Sumner County, Tennessee, on Old Hickory Lake. In 1784 Daniel Smith received a land grant from the state of North Carolina in payment for surveying Middle Tennessee. (North Carolina at the time claimed its boundaries extended to this territory across the Appalachian Mountains.) He began work on his house later known as Rock Castle, but it was not completed until 1796. The Hendersonville Arts Council is a non-profit organization located in Monthaven Mansion. The mansion was built before the Civil War and was used as a hospital during several battles. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 14 miles to Nashville, TN
To Great Lakes shore: 369 miles
Nearest airport: 13 miles to Nashville (BNA) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville compares

Graduation rate74%

Higher than 68% · #35 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention79%

Higher than 61%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,461

Higher than 33% · #51 of 70 in Tennessee

Average net price$22,587

Cheaper than 24% · #70 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$7,917

Lower than 75%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment237

Larger than 49%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville 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

Women22193%
Men167%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White59%
Black29%
Hispanic0.8%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 237
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 45%
First-generation students: 43%
Students over 25: 43%
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: $22,587

Outcomes

Graduated: 74%
First-year retention: 79%
Transferred to another college: 3%
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: 48%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 34%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $20

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

$22,587

$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-Murfreesboro-Nashville 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.

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

$30,165

Men

$31,779

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: 90°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 47.9″
Annual snow: 1.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Old Hickory Dam, TN US station (3.1 mi from campus).

What Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

152 grads$21k 1 yr$24k 5 yr$12k debt

152$20,606$24,201$12,087

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.