Private for-profit · Community college
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago
Chicago, Illinois · Large city
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- Transfer rate
- $27,347
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $53,341
- Median earnings
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Chicago, Illinois (large city setting), enrolling 333 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. The first known permanent settler in Chicago was a trader, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African descent, perhaps born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), and he established the settlement in the 1780s. He is commonly known as the "Founder of Chicago". Chicago has the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—about $670.5 billion according to September 2017 estimates. The city has also been rated as having the most balanced economy in the United States, due to its high level of diversification. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub
How Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago compares
Higher than 26%
Higher than 93% · #6 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 13% · #119 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 1%
Lower than 35%
Larger than 55%
Percentiles compare Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago 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 Illinois.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women227%
- Men31193%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White14%
- Black42%
- Hispanic35%
- Asian2.4%
- Other or multiracial5.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 333
- Student–faculty ratio
- 19 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
- First-generation students
- 39%
- Students over 25
- 58%
- Median family income
- $20,566
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $16,657
- Room & board
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- Books & supplies
- $1,000
- Total cost of attendance
- $32,217
- Average net price
- $27,347
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
- 62%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $42,860
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $53,341
- Median debt at graduation
- $31,301
- Students with federal loans
- 29%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 26%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $25
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (333 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,232. 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 46 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)
- $53,341
- Typical debt at graduation
- $31,301
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 59%
- Out-earn a HS grad
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Typical debt would take roughly 5.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 81°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 34.4″
- Annual snow
- 38.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Northerly IS, IL US station (3.5 mi from campus).
What Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago 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.