Private for-profit · Community college
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana · Midsize city
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- Transfer rate
- $21,777
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $23,904
- Median earnings
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lafayette, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 144 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in Louisiana and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish. French colonists founded the first European settlement, Petit Manchac, a trading post along the Vermilion River. The Lafayette metropolitan area has a large Louisiana Creole, Cajun, and substantial foreign-born population; an estimated 14,676 Lafayettiens were foreign-born residents in 2019. Additionally, more than 36% of foreigners came from Asia from 2014 to 2019. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 2 miles to Lafayette, LA
- To the ocean
- 26 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Lafayette (LFT)
How Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette compares
Higher than 1% · #73 of 73 in Louisiana
Higher than 95%
Higher than 13% · #42 of 61 in Louisiana
Cheaper than 27% · #52 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana
Lower than 76%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 36%
Percentiles compare Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette 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
- Women13493%
- Men107%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White56%
- Black36%
- Hispanic2.1%
- Asian3.5%
- Other or multiracial2.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 144
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 52%
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Students over 25
- 16%
- Median family income
- $20,768
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $21,777
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
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $19,975
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $23,904
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,916
- Students with federal loans
- 62%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 68%
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%.
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.
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $23,904
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,916
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 33%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 25%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 41°F
- Annual rain
- 64.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lafayette, LA US station (1.6 mi from campus).
What Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette 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.