Private for-profit · Community college

Aveda Institute-Fort Myers

Fort Myers, Florida · Small city

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Transfer rate: $25,998
Avg net price: 68%
Grad / completion: $24,057
Median earnings

Aveda Institute-Fort Myers is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fort Myers, Florida (small city setting), enrolling 283 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 283 undergradsSmall cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Florida, United States. According to some historians, the Calusa capital was located near Fort Myers. Following European contact, Spain had colonial influence in Florida, succeeded by Great Britain and lastly the United States. The Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium is a private, not-for-profit, environmental education organization. Set on a 105-acre (0.42 km2) site, it has a museum, three nature trails, a planetarium, butterfly and bird aviaries, a gift shop and meeting and picnic areas. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Fort Myers, FL
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 8 miles to Southwest Florida (RSW) · major hub

How Aveda Institute-Fort Myers compares

Graduation rate68%

Higher than 60% · #106 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention72%

Higher than 48%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,057

Higher than 15% · #139 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$25,998

Cheaper than 16% · #156 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$9,024

Lower than 65%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment283

Larger than 52%

Percentiles compare Aveda Institute-Fort Myers 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 Florida.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women23583%
Men4817%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White41%
Black11%
Hispanic43%
Asian0.7%
Other or multiracial3.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 283
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 36%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 54%
Median family income: $16,015

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: $25,998

Outcomes

Graduated: 68%
First-year retention: 72%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $22,485
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $24,057
Median debt at graduation: $9,024
Students with federal loans: 42%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 19%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

68%

First-generation

63%

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

$25,998

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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.

21%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$100

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 21% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $100. 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 38 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): $24,057
Typical debt at graduation: $9,024
Debt vs. one year's pay: 38%
Out-earn a HS grad: 24%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.8 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

$23,708

Men

$27,043

Men out-earn women by $3,335 (14%) 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: 54°F
Annual rain: 57.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, FT Myers Page Fld AP, FL US station (0.9 mi from campus).

What Aveda Institute-Fort Myers graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

125 grads$19k 1 yr$23k 5 yr$10k debt

125$18,752$23,160$10,001 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

28 grads$23k 1 yr— 5 yr$8k debt

28$23,316—$7,899

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.