Notice Concerning Transferability of Credits and Credentials Earned at Our Institution

The transferability of credits you earn at Paul Mitchell The School Costa Mesa is at the complete discretion of the institution to which you may seek to transfer. Acceptance of the certificate you earn in cosmetology, barbering and/or esthetics is also at the complete discretion of the institution to which you may seek to transfer. If the certificate that you earn at this institution is not accepted at the institution to which you seek to transfer, you may be required to repeat some or all of your coursework at that institution. For this reason, you should make certain that your attendance at Paul Mitchell The School Costa Mesa will meet your educational goals. This may include contacting an institution to which you may seek to transfer after attending Paul Mitchell The School Costa Mesa to determine if your certificate will transfer.

Paul Mitchell The School Costa Mesa is a clock hour school, which means that in order to receive credit for each hour earned you must be in attendance engaged in an educational activity.  If you decide to transfer to another cosmetology school, the likelihood is that some or most of your hours will be transferrable based on the transfer school’s published policy.  However, if you transfer to a credit hour school, such as a community college, or traditional college or university, for a degree granting program, the likelihood is that most, if not all hours earned will not be transferrable because of the subject matter taught and the type of degree granting program you are enrolling in.  Paul Mitchell The School Costa Mesa does not give clock hour credit for service in the armed forces, paid or unpaid employment, or other demonstrated competency or learning because of the nature of the program offered and state regulatory requirements.