Paul Mitchell the School-Pasadena
About
Paul Mitchell the School-Pasadena is a cosmetology school located in Pasadena, California, with a focus on programs such as cosmetology, barbering, skin care, and nail technology. The institution is part of a larger network of 105 Paul Mitchell Schools across the United States and has produced approximately 14,000 graduates annually.
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.
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.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 8
- Oct 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Apr 2024Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Oct 2022Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Apr 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
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, 129 students received $549K in Pell grants, alongside $503K 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 149 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (4.0%) defaulted within three years — above 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-Pasadena | 38% | — | 170 | $30,966 | — |
Academy of Hair Design-Las Vegas | — | — | 183 | $20,435 | — |
Alamo City Barber College | — | — | 114 | $15,890 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-New York | — | — | 293 | $27,064 | — |
Aveda Institute-Provo | — | — | 164 | $16,910 | — |
Bella Capelli Academy | — | — | 259 | $15,526 | — |
Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale | — | — | 152 | $15,244 | — |
Crave Beauty Academy | — | — | 303 | $18,156 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Avondale | — | — | 236 | $15,173 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Morrow | — | — | 242 | $16,313 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Speedway | — | — | 166 | $17,267 | — |
Eric Fisher Academy | — | — | 161 | $12,934 | — |
Gould's Academy | — | — | 148 | $11,205 | — |
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Florence | — | — | 172 | $20,345 | — |
LaSalle Tech | — | — | 193 | $10,463 | — |
Latin Beauty Academy | — | — | 283 | $16,207 | — |
Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute | — | — | 249 | $13,510 | — |
Nova Academy of Cosmetology | — | — | 205 | $29,868 | — |
Ohio State College of Barber Styling | — | — | 406 | $14,383 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Arkansas | — | — | 99 | $15,309 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Arlington | — | — | 360 | $22,334 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-East Bay | — | — | 184 | $30,889 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Fayetteville | — | — | 149 | $14,498 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Indianapolis | — | — | 178 | $14,406 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Michigan | — | — | 136 | $17,661 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Reno | — | — | 161 | $20,951 | — |
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-West New York | — | — | 271 | — | — |
Salon Institute-Toledo Campus | — | — | 152 | $17,233 | — |
Skin Science Institute | — | — | 127 | $18,040 | — |
The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles | — | — | 132 | $14,111 | — |
| Peer group median | 38% | — | 175 | $16,313 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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