Private for-profit · Community college

Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington

Covington, Louisiana · Small city

0%
Transfer rate
$25,742
Avg net price
80%
Grad / completion
$30,334
Median earnings

Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Covington, Louisiana (small city setting), enrolling 2,078 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitMidsize · 2,078 undergradsSmall cityNear the coast

About Covington, Louisiana

Covington is a city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The earliest known settlement by Europeans in the area was in 1800 by Jacques Drieux, during the British West Florida period. A 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) statue of Ronald Reagan on a 6-foot (1.8 m) base is reputed to be the world's largest of the former president. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
8 miles
Nearest airport
36 miles to Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY) · major hub

How Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington compares

Graduation rate80%

Higher than 76% · #16 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention84%

Higher than 72%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,334

Higher than 32% · #28 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$25,742

Cheaper than 16% · #64 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$7,917

Lower than 75%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment2,078

Larger than 82%

Percentiles compare Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington 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 Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

2,078undergrads
  • Women1,98095%
  • Men985%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White49%
  • Black25%
  • Hispanic18%
  • Asian1.1%
  • Other or multiracial6.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,078
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
48%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
26%
Median family income
$23,058

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

Cost

In-state tuition
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
Average net price
$25,742

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
80%
First-year retention
84%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$24,647
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$30,334
Median debt at graduation
$7,917
Students with federal loans
49%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
44%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
80%
Low-income (Pell)
72%
First-generation
74%

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
$100

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 9 campuses (2,078 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$24,740
$30–48k
$25,729
$48–75k
$26,650
$75–110k
$28,905
$110k+
$30,121

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.

2%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$4,472
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 2% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,472. 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 543 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)
$30,334
Typical debt at graduation
$7,917
Debt vs. one year's pay
26%
Out-earn a HS grad
37%

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$30,154
Men
$32,998

Men out-earn women by $2,844 (9%) 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
90°F
Winter low
40°F
Annual rain
62.5″
Annual snow
0.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.46.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Covington 4 Nnw, LA US station (2.3 mi from campus).

What Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington graduates study — and earn

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.