Private for-profit · Community college
Aveda Institute Tucson-Avondale
Avondale, Arizona · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
- $19,040
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
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- 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.
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
Higher than 88%
Cheaper than 36% · #35 cheapest of 70 in Arizona
Lower than 90%
Lower than 49%
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
- 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
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- Room & board
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- Total cost of attendance
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- 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
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- First-year retention
- 95%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,978
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- 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.
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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
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.










