Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Myers
About
Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Myers is a cosmetology school located in Fort Myers, Florida, operating as part of a larger network of 105 Paul Mitchell Schools across the United States and beyond. The institution focuses on programs such as cosmetology, barbering, and skin and nail care, and graduates approximately 14,000 students annually in the beauty industry.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 26.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 131 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (2.2%) 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
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-Fort Myers | 81% | — | 104 | $17,612 | — |
Alabama School of Nail Technology & Cosmetology | — | 84.6% | 97 | $18,819 | — |
Aveda Institute Portland-Vancouver Campus | — | — | 122 | $18,476 | — |
Aveda Institute-Maryland | — | — | 77 | $12,253 | — |
Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus | — | — | 139 | $23,773 | — |
California Hair Design Academy | — | — | 98 | $40,350 | — |
Casal Aveda Institute | — | 97.2% | 102 | $16,575 | — |
Collectiv Academy | — | — | 70 | $19,996 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Lakeland | — | — | 145 | $18,028 | — |
Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute | — | — | 141 | $13,837 | — |
Eves College of Hairstyling | — | — | 86 | $15,155 | — |
Grace International Beauty School | — | — | 24 | $14,925 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Columbia | — | — | 64 | $13,152 | — |
La Belle Beauty Academy | — | — | 106 | $20,261 | — |
Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork | — | — | 402 | $12,358 | — |
Mitsu Sato Hair Academy | — | — | 85 | $10,412 | — |
Morgantown Beauty College Inc | — | — | 68 | $11,040 | — |
Palm Beach Academy of Health & Beauty | — | — | 63 | $27,045 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake | — | — | 133 | $21,928 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Tysons Corner | — | — | — | $27,337 | — |
Rudae's School of Beauty Culture-Ft Wayne | — | — | 91 | $24,920 | — |
Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design | — | — | 152 | $15,105 | — |
Skin Institute | — | — | 88 | $15,336 | — |
Southeast Texas Career Institute | — | — | 75 | $21,200 | — |
Stage One-The Hair School | — | — | 66 | $11,337 | — |
Summit Salon Academy-Kokomo | — | — | 98 | $16,572 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda | — | — | 142 | $16,391 | — |
Top of the Line Barber College | — | — | 45 | $14,486 | — |
Trend Barber College | — | — | 30 | $15,398 | — |
Tri-State Cosmetology Institute | — | — | 126 | $15,361 | — |
| Peer group median | 81% | 90.9% | 97 | $16,482 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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