Private for-profit · Community college

Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale

Avondale, Arizona · Large suburb

Transfer rate
$19,040
Avg net price
Grad / completion
Median earnings

Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Avondale, Arizona (large suburb setting), enrolling 158 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 158 undergradsLarge suburb

About Avondale, Arizona

Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. William "Billy" G. Moore arrived in Arizona in the late 1860s, settling near the Agua Fria River in 1880. Moore called bought land and named his settlement "Coldwater, Arizona" - apparently for both the river and the water that flowed from a local spring. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
13 miles to Phoenix, AZ
To the ocean
156 miles
Nearest airport
17 miles to Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) · major hub

How Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale compares

First-year retention95%

Higher than 88%

Average net price$19,040

Cheaper than 36% · #35 cheapest of 70 in Arizona

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment158

Larger than 38%

Percentiles compare Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale 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 Arizona.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

158undergrads
  • Women14994%
  • Men96%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White25%
  • Black15%
  • Hispanic28%
  • Asian7.6%
  • Other or multiracial25%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
158
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
77%
First-generation students
40%
Students over 25
33%
Median family income
$27,875

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
$19,040

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
First-year retention
95%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$27,978
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
Median debt at graduation
$6,333
Students with federal loans
90%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
54%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

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.

< $30k
$19,040
$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?

Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale 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.

Campus climate

Summer high
106°F
Winter low
42°F
Annual rain
8.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°80°120°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.00.61.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Litchfield Park, AZ US station (4.6 mi from campus).

What Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale 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.