Private for-profit · Community college
Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island
Cranston, Rhode Island · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $25,666
- Avg net price
- 79%
- Grad / completion
- $26,897
- Median earnings
Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cranston, Rhode Island (large suburb setting), enrolling 181 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Cranston, Rhode Island
Cranston, formerly known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. Much of the land was purchased by Roger Williams from the Narragansett Indians in 1638 as part of the Pawtuxet Purchase, and the first settler in the area was William Arnold, who was followed shortly by William Harris, William Carpenter, and Zachariah Rhodes. The first automobile race track in the country, Narragansett Park, located off Park Avenue, opened at present-day Stadium Ball Field in 1867 as a trotting track. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Providence, RI
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD) · major hub
How Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island compares
Higher than 75% · #5 of 9 in Rhode Island
Higher than 78%
Higher than 23% · #6 of 7 in Rhode Island
Cheaper than 17% · #6 cheapest of 9 in Rhode Island
Lower than 22%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 42%
Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women15988%
- Men2212%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White57%
- Black8.3%
- Hispanic20%
- Asian3.9%
- 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
- 181
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Students over 25
- 46%
- Median family income
- $22,429
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 21 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Rhode Island71%
- Other U.S. states29%
Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island draws overwhelmingly from Rhode Island.
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
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $25,666
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
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- 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
- 49%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 42%
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.
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)
- $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.
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 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 47.5″
- Annual snow
- 36.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Providence T F Green AP, RI US station (2.7 mi from campus).
What Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island 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.