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After Paul Mitchell the School-Chicago: graduation, pay and debt

Chicago, Illinois · For-profit · 145 undergrads

The typical student earns $27,652 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,598 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$27.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$13.6k
median federal debt at graduation.
37%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
46%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$21,694
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,332
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,652

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$13,598
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$9,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,833
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
37%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
30%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers