Private for-profit · Community college

Avalon Institute-Aurora

Aurora, Colorado · Large city

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Transfer rate: $15,856
Avg net price: 81%
Grad / completion: $24,367
Median earnings

Avalon Institute-Aurora is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Aurora, Colorado (large city setting), enrolling 162 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 162 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowy

About Aurora, Colorado

Aurora is a home rule city located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States. Aurora originated in the 1890 as the town of Fletcher, taking its name from Denver businessman Donald Fletcher who saw it as a real estate opportunity. The Town of Fletcher was incorporated on May 5, 1903. Fletcher skipped town, leaving the community with a huge water debt. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 9 miles to Denver, CO
To the ocean: 746 miles
Nearest airport: 16 miles to Denver (DEN) · major hub

How Avalon Institute-Aurora compares

Graduation rate81%

Higher than 78% · #11 of 49 in Colorado

First-year retention91%

Higher than 82%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,367

Higher than 15% · #40 of 44 in Colorado

Average net price$15,856

Cheaper than 48% · #24 cheapest of 49 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$6,332

Lower than 93%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment162

Larger than 39%

Percentiles compare Avalon Institute-Aurora with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Colorado.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White20%
Black19%
Hispanic41%
Asian2.5%
Other or multiracial18%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 162
Student–faculty ratio: 19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 66%
First-generation students: 53%
Students over 25: 37%
Median family income: $24,102

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 129 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Colorado100%

Most first-years stay in state — Avalon Institute-Aurora draws overwhelmingly from Colorado.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $15,856

Outcomes

Graduated: 81%
First-year retention: 91%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,752
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,367
Median debt at graduation: $6,332
Students with federal loans: 84%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 43%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$15,599

$30–48k

$17,225

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,318

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 6% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,318. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 179 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $24,367
Typical debt at graduation: $6,332
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 34%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high: 90°F
Winter low: 17°F
Annual rain: 15.4″
Annual snow: 49″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cherry Creek Dam, CO US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What Avalon Institute-Aurora graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

172 grads$20k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$9k debt

172$19,903$31,422$8,885

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.