+104%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa rose 104% between 2006 and 2009 ($4.1k → $8.4k).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa, California. 347 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.4% → 0.0%).
-22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa fell 22% between 2006 and 2009 (394 → 306).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$26,897+13% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$23,724
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry86.4%-22% · '03→'09
California median 61.3%$9,500+97% · '02→'09
At program completion347+13% · '02→'09
latest IPEDS66.7%+34% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.7%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $26,897 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-22%
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa · completion · 150% fell
100.0% → 77.6%
+34%
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa · retention rose
69.0% → 92.6%
+97%
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa · median debt rose
$4,283 → $8,428
-100%
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa · cohort default rate fell
20.7% → 0.0%
+22%
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa · pell share rose
15.5% → 18.8%
+71%
Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa · earnings_median_8yr rose
$14,900 → $25,598
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa graduates earn $X” — not “Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Paul Mitchell the School-Costa Mesa caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.