Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa
About
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa is part of a nationwide network of 105 beauty schools located across the United States, with its first international location in Slovenia. The institution focuses on training students in areas such as cosmetology, barbering, skin care, and nail technology, graduating approximately 14,000 new professionals each year.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at Paulmitchell
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Paulmitchell vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Paulmitchell selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPaul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa | 82% | — | 395 | $12,063 | — |
Asian-American International Beauty College | — | — | 442 | — | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-San Antonio | — | — | 250 | $24,217 | — |
Aveda Institute-Denver | — | — | 280 | $21,495 | — |
Casal Institute of Nevada | — | 79.0% | 271 | $14,037 | — |
Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology-North Dayton | — | — | 210 | $13,528 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Manhattan | — | — | 388 | $19,553 | — |
Futura Career Institute | — | — | 404 | $22,298 | — |
G Skin & Beauty Institute | — | — | 490 | $21,142 | — |
Georgia Institute of Cosmetology | — | — | 200 | $13,000 | — |
Grabber School of Hair Design | — | — | 182 | $12,981 | — |
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-Casselberry | — | — | 273 | $17,903 | — |
Lu Ross Academy | — | — | 229 | $15,711 | — |
Medspa Academies | — | — | 241 | $16,881 | — |
Milan Institute-Bakersfield | — | — | 582 | $29,198 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Ft Worth | — | — | 500 | $19,659 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-San Antonio | — | — | 466 | $20,159 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford | — | — | 550 | $20,472 | — |
Parisian Beauty School | — | — | 441 | $21,316 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Atlanta | — | — | 249 | $17,887 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Fresno | — | — | 223 | $20,048 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Houston | — | — | 288 | $20,616 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Sacramento | — | — | 309 | $19,748 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-San Diego | — | — | 225 | $25,671 | — |
Penrose Academy | — | 100.0% | 403 | $23,650 | — |
Praxis Institute | — | — | 422 | $8,661 | — |
South Hills Beauty Academy | — | — | 183 | $5,948 | — |
Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc | — | — | 323 | $11,492 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Highland | — | — | 319 | $19,194 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Indianapolis | — | — | 346 | $19,046 | — |
| Peer group median | 82% | 89.5% | 314 | $19,553 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
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