Private for-profit · Community college

Avalon Institute-Layton

Layton, Utah · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $16,501
Avg net price: 86%
Grad / completion: $30,803
Median earnings

Avalon Institute-Layton is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Layton, Utah (large suburb setting), enrolling 186 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 186 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Layton, Utah

Layton is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. Layton was settled in the 1850s as an outgrowth of Kaysville and is named after Christopher Layton, a Latter-day Saint settler and leader. They challenged Kaysville's authority to tax their property, claiming they received no municipal services. Layton's major retail district includes the Layton Hills Mall, movie theaters, Davis Conference Center, and "Restaurant Row", nicknamed such due to the large number of national chain restaurants located along its one-mile stretch. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 23 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
To the ocean: 546 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Ogden Hinckley (OGD)

How Avalon Institute-Layton compares

Graduation rate86%

Higher than 85% · #13 of 41 in Utah

First-year retention80%

Higher than 64%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,803

Higher than 34% · #22 of 33 in Utah

Average net price$16,501

Cheaper than 45% · #16 cheapest of 35 in Utah

Median debt at graduation$6,332

Lower than 93%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment186

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Avalon Institute-Layton 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 Utah.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women17896%
Men84%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White69%
Black0.5%
Hispanic19%
Asian0.5%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 186
Student–faculty ratio: 11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 56%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 23%
Median family income: $23,353

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 46 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Utah100%

Most first-years stay in state — Avalon Institute-Layton draws overwhelmingly from Utah.

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: $16,501

Outcomes

Graduated: 86%
First-year retention: 80%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,562
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,803
Median debt at graduation: $6,332
Students with federal loans: 82%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 32%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

86%

Low-income (Pell)

54%

First-generation

56%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

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

$16,520

$30–48k

$16,012

$48–75k

$16,514

$75–110k

$18,414

$110k+

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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

$1,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. 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 40 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): $30,803
Typical debt at graduation: $6,332
Debt vs. one year's pay: 21%
Out-earn a HS grad: 27%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.1 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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$31,220

Men

$26,604

Women out-earn men by $4,616 (17%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 92°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 26.2″
Annual snow: 22.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Weber Basin Pump Plt 3, UT US station (4.9 mi from campus).

What Avalon Institute-Layton graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

90 grads$21k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$8k debt

90$21,496$29,008$8,081

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.