Private for-profit · Community college

Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis

St. Louis, Missouri · Large city

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Transfer rate: $24,907
Avg net price: 59%
Grad / completion: $33,132
Median earnings

Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in St. Louis, Missouri (large city setting), enrolling 214 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 214 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. Due to numerous major earthworks within St. Louis boundaries, the city was nicknamed "Mound City". These mounds were mostly demolished during the city's development. Sugarloaf Mound in South St. Louis was repatriated to the Osage Nation in 2025. The same year as the 1904 World's Fair, the Strassberger Music Conservatory Building was constructed at 2300 Grand. Otto Wilhelmi was the architect. In 1911, the conservatory had over 1,100 students. The building is presently in the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to St. Louis, MO
To Great Lakes shore: 256 miles
Nearest airport: 9 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub

How Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis compares

Graduation rate59%

Higher than 47% · #47 of 70 in Missouri

First-year retention88%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,132

Higher than 43% · #38 of 62 in Missouri

Average net price$24,907

Cheaper than 18% · #58 cheapest of 68 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$9,833

Lower than 48%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment214

Larger than 46%

Percentiles compare Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis 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 Missouri.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women20395%
Men115%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White61%
Black34%
Hispanic1.4%
Other or multiracial3.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 214
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 48%
First-generation students: 41%
Students over 25: 32%
Median family income: $28,816

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: $24,907

Outcomes

Graduated: 59%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $30,670
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $33,132
Median debt at graduation: $9,833
Students with federal loans: 52%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 32%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$24,907

$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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

12%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,038

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 12% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,038. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 33 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $33,132
Typical debt at graduation: $9,833
Debt vs. one year's pay: 30%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 3.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 90°F
Winter low: 25°F
Annual rain: 43.9″
Annual snow: 13.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Louis Sci Ctr, MO US station (1.1 mi from campus).

What Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

95 grads$22k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$10k debt

95$22,147$32,652$9,833

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.