Private for-profit · Community college

Aveda Institute-Denver

Denver, Colorado · Large city

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Transfer rate: $20,167
Avg net price: 84%
Grad / completion: $38,020
Median earnings

Aveda Institute-Denver is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Denver, Colorado (large city setting), enrolling 280 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 280 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowy

About Denver, Colorado

Denver is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. By the terms of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the United States and various tribes including the Cheyenne and Arapaho, the United States unilaterally defined and recognized Cheyenne and Arapaho territory as ranging from the North Platte River in present-day Wyoming and Nebraska southward to the Arkansas River in present-day Colorado and Kansas. Apollo Hall opened soon after the city's founding in 1859 and staged many plays for eager settlers. In the 1880s Horace Tabor built Denver's first opera house. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 1 mile to Denver, CO
To the ocean: 744 miles
Nearest airport: 14 miles to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (BJC)

How Aveda Institute-Denver compares

Graduation rate84%

Higher than 82% · #7 of 49 in Colorado

First-year retention86%

Higher than 75%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,020

Higher than 60% · #26 of 44 in Colorado

Average net price$20,167

Cheaper than 32% · #34 cheapest of 49 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$9,829

Lower than 49%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment280

Larger than 52%

Percentiles compare Aveda Institute-Denver 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 gender

Women26394%
Men176%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White57%
Black2.1%
Hispanic27%
Asian3.6%
Other or multiracial10%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 280
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 32%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 33%
Median family income: $22,339

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: $20,167

Outcomes

Graduated: 84%
First-year retention: 86%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $31,196
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $38,020
Median debt at graduation: $9,829
Students with federal loans: 43%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 47%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

84%

Low-income (Pell)

66%

First-generation

67%

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

$17,523

$30–48k

$20,002

$48–75k

$18,992

$75–110k

$22,738

$110k+

$23,384

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-Denver 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): $38,020
Typical debt at graduation: $9,829
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

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

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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

$35,738

Men

$47,524

Men out-earn women by $11,786 (33%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 15.8″
Annual snow: 40.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Denver Water Dept, CO US station (0.4 mi from campus).

What Aveda Institute-Denver graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

297 grads$27k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$12k debt

297$26,636$33,463$12,000 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.