Private for-profit · Community college

Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina · Small city

#5 graduation rate in North Carolina

0%
Transfer rate: $20,736
Avg net price: 82%
Grad / completion: $26,873
Median earnings

Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (small city setting), enrolling 198 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 198 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in the counties of Orange and Durham, North Carolina, United States. Though William Barbee died shortly after settling there in 1758, one of his eight children, Christopher Barbee, became an important contributor to his father's adopted community and to the fledgling University of North Carolina. Though Chapel Hill is a principal town of a large metropolitan area, it retains a relatively small-town feel. Combined with its close neighbor, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area has roughly 85,000 residents. Many large murals can be seen painted on the buildings. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Durham, NC
To the ocean: 114 miles
Nearest airport: 14 miles to Raleigh-Durham (RDU) · major hub

How Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill compares

Graduation rate82%

Higher than 80% · #5 of 90 in North Carolina

First-year retention82%

Higher than 68%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,873

Higher than 23% · #72 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$20,736

Cheaper than 29% · #75 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment198

Larger than 45%

Percentiles compare Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill 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 North Carolina.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women19196%
Men74%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White55%
Black24%
Hispanic5.6%
Asian2.0%
Other or multiracial14%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 198
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 45%
First-generation students: 33%
Students over 25: 29%
Median family income: $24,693

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: $20,736

Outcomes

Graduated: 82%
First-year retention: 82%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,178
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $26,873
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 49%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 40%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

82%

Low-income (Pell)

76%

First-generation

78%

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: Free

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

$18,201

$30–48k

$18,876

$48–75k

$20,168

$75–110k

$24,431

$110k+

$23,988

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?

Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $26,873
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 24%
Out-earn a HS grad: 31%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 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

$26,952

Men

$26,394

Women out-earn men by $558 (2%) 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: 32°F
Annual rain: 43.6″
Annual snow: 2.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chapel Hill Williams AP, NC US station (2.1 mi from campus).

What Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

177 grads$22k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$12k debt

177$21,826$29,975$11,583

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.