Private for-profit · Community college
Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus
Austin, Texas · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $28,695
- Avg net price
- 88%
- Grad / completion
- $30,280
- Median earnings
Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Austin, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 139 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. Austin, Travis County and Williamson County have been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BC. "Keep Austin Weird" has been a local motto for years, featured on bumper stickers and T-shirts. This motto has not only been used in promoting Austin's eccentricity and diversity, but is also meant to bolster support of local independent businesses. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 3 miles to Austin, TX
- To the ocean
- 123 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Austin Bergstrom (AUS) · major hub
How Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus compares
Higher than 88% · #25 of 253 in Texas
Higher than 82%
Higher than 32% · #130 of 206 in Texas
Cheaper than 10% · #226 cheapest of 252 in Texas
Lower than 75%
Lower than 62%
Larger than 35%
Percentiles compare Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus 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 Texas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women12691%
- Men139%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White37%
- Black12%
- Hispanic42%
- Other or multiracial9.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 139
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 60%
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Students over 25
- 36%
- Median family income
- $20,297
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
- $28,695
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
- 88%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,756
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $30,280
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,917
- Students with federal loans
- 66%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 46%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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?
Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus 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)
- $30,280
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,917
- 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.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 96°F
- Winter low
- 37°F
- Annual rain
- 35.6″
- Annual snow
- 0.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Austin 6S, TX US station (1.4 mi from campus).
What Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus 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.