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Paul Mitchell the School-Reno

Reno, Nevada · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
$27,899
Avg net price
75%
Grad / completion
—
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Reno is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Reno, Nevada (large city setting), enrolling 161 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 161 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. Archaeological finds place the eastern border of the prehistoric Martis people in the Reno area. As early as the mid-1850s, a few pioneers settled in the Truckee Meadows, a relatively fertile valley through which the Truckee River made its way from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake. Reno has several museums. The Nevada Museum of Art is the only American Alliance of Museums accredited art museum in Nevada and the largest collection of Land art. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
2 miles to Reno, NV
To the ocean
136 miles
Nearest airport
2 miles to Reno Tahoe (RNO) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Reno compares

Graduation rate75%

Higher than 70% · #8 of 23 in Nevada

First-year retention90%

Higher than 82%

Average net price$27,899

Cheaper than 12% · #19 cheapest of 25 in Nevada

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment161

Larger than 39%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Reno 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 Nevada.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

161undergrads
  • Women14691%
  • Men159%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White44%
  • Black2.5%
  • Hispanic32%
  • Asian3.7%
  • Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
161
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
47%
First-generation students
50%
Students over 25
36%
Median family income
$21,052

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 25 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Nevada68%
  • International32%

A regional draw: about 68% of first-years come from Nevada, the rest from elsewhere.

32% came from outside the U.S. 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
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Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$27,899

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
90%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$24,122
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
—
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
Students with federal loans
47%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
41%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$25

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.

< $30k
$27,968
$30–48k
$27,022
$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-Reno 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.

Campus climate

Summer high
94°F
Winter low
26°F
Annual rain
7.4″
Annual snow
20.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.00.61.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Reno Tahoe Intl AP, NV US station (2.5 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
149 grads$20k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$11k debt

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.