Private for-profit · Community college
Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville
Strongsville, Ohio · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $17,487
- Avg net price
- 85%
- Grad / completion
- $27,446
- Median earnings
Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Strongsville, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 121 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Strongsville, Ohio
Strongsville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb of Cleveland. Founded by settlers arriving in the newly purchased Connecticut Western Reserve, the city was named after John Stoughton Strong, the group's leader. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Cleveland, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 12 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Cleveland Hopkins (CLE) · major hub
How Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville compares
Higher than 85% · #26 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 64%
Higher than 25% · #130 of 157 in Ohio
Cheaper than 41% · #90 cheapest of 155 in Ohio
Lower than 82%
Lower than 78%
Larger than 32%
Percentiles compare Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville 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 Ohio.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women11898%
- Men32%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White77%
- Black15%
- Other or multiracial8.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 121
- Student–faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 51%
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Students over 25
- 33%
- Median family income
- $22,284
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
- $17,487
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
- 85%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $25,330
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,446
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,267
- Students with federal loans
- 66%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 50%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
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?
Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville 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)
- $27,446
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,267
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 26%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 34%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 41″
- Annual snow
- 63.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cleveland, OH US station (7.2 mi from campus).
What Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville 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.













