Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady

Schenectady, New York · Small city

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Transfer rate: $19,058
Avg net price: 94%
Grad / completion: —
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Schenectady, New York (small city setting), enrolling 87 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 87 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Schenectady, New York

Schenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. In the 1640s, the Mohawk had three major villages, all on the Mohawk River's south side. The easternmost one was Ossernenon, about 9 miles west of present-day Auriesville, New York. Schenectady was a manufacturing center known as "the City that Lights and Hauls the World"—a reference to two prominent businesses in the city, the Edison Electric Company (now known as General Electric), and the American Locomotive Company. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 15 miles to Albany, NY
To the ocean: 104 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to Albany (ALB) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady compares

Graduation rate94%

Higher than 94% · #32 of 185 in New York

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Average net price$19,058

Cheaper than 36% · #107 cheapest of 175 in New York

Median debt at graduation$6,650

Lower than 85%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment87

Larger than 24%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady 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 New York.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women7485%
Men1315%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White71%
Black14%
Hispanic9.2%
Other or multiracial5.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 87
Student–faculty ratio: 8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 50%
First-generation students: 37%
Students over 25: 26%
Median family income: $27,361

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 20 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From New York94%
Other U.S. states5.6%

Most first-years stay in state — Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady draws overwhelmingly from New York.

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: $19,058

Outcomes

Graduated: 94%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: —
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $6,650
Students with federal loans: 58%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $55

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

$19,058

$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-Schenectady 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: 84°F
Winter low: 16°F
Annual rain: 40.7″
Annual snow: 59.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Albany AP, NY US station (8.3 mi from campus).

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

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

72 grads$18k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$7k debt

72$17,570$31,784$7,407

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.