Paul Mitchell the School-Dallas
About
Paul Mitchell the School-Dallas is a beauty school located in Dallas, Texas, part of the Paul Mitchell Schools network, which includes 105 locations across the United States and one international location in Slovenia. The school focuses on training students in cosmetology, barbering, skincare, and nail technology, graduating approximately 14,000 students each year.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 29.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Council on Occupational Education
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 8
- Jun 2025Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2024Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityCouncil on Occupational Education
- Dec 2023Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2021Approved for Distance EducationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2021Approved for Distance EducationCouncil on Occupational Education
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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 764 students received $3.1M in Pell grants, alongside $3.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 556 borrowers who entered repayment, 12 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
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
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property2
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
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-Dallas | 68% | — | 328 | $28,455 | — |
Academy of Hair Design-Springfield | — | — | 275 | $17,080 | — |
American Beauty College | — | — | 334 | $24,076 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Lafayette-Arlington | — | — | 166 | $23,448 | — |
Aveda Institute-Des Moines | — | — | 244 | $15,155 | — |
Aveda Institute-Phoenix | — | — | 218 | $22,297 | — |
Aveda Institute-Tucson | — | 100.0% | 240 | $21,037 | — |
Blue Cliff College-Lafayette | — | — | 62 | $19,164 | — |
Capilo School of Hair Design | — | — | 156 | $18,762 | — |
Capitol Beauty School | — | — | 161 | $14,441 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia | — | — | 279 | $18,228 | — |
Florida Academy | — | — | 350 | $13,236 | — |
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach | — | — | 239 | $19,109 | — |
Milan Institute-Palm Desert | — | — | 356 | $27,930 | — |
Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram | — | — | 379 | $27,662 | — |
My Le's Beauty College | — | — | 150 | — | — |
North Adrian's College of Beauty Inc | — | — | 207 | $20,347 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-North Dallas | — | — | 312 | $21,125 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Chicago | — | — | 160 | $16,064 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Denver | — | — | 213 | $11,886 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Louisville | — | — | 233 | $26,643 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Memphis | — | — | 216 | $20,861 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro | — | — | 201 | $20,915 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-New Orleans | — | — | 185 | $20,495 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis | — | — | 214 | $19,615 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Wichita | — | — | 163 | $18,938 | — |
Rudy & Kelly Academy, A Paul Mitchell Partner School | — | — | 155 | $19,150 | — |
Salon Success Academy-Corona | — | — | 196 | $12,983 | — |
Summit Salon Academy | — | — | 183 | $19,220 | — |
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NW | — | — | 216 | $19,244 | — |
| Peer group median | 68% | 100.0% | 215 | $19,244 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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