Private for-profit · Community college

O'Briens Aveda Institute

Williston, Vermont · Midsize suburb

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Transfer rate: $28,304
Avg net price: 67%
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Median earnings

O'Briens Aveda Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Williston, Vermont (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 80 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 80 undergradsMidsize suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Williston, Vermont

Williston is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. A private, boarding high school, Pine Ridge, was founded in 1968 to serve learning-disabled students. One measure of economic activity is retail sales. Williston led the state in 2007 with $434.8 million. The part of town known as Taft Corners has several big-box stores and chain restaurants not found elsewhere in Vermont. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Burlington, VT
To the ocean: 70 miles
Nearest airport: 3 miles to Patrick Leahy Burlington (BTV)

How O'Briens Aveda Institute compares

Graduation rate67%

Higher than 57% · #1 of 3 in Vermont

First-year retention88%

Higher than 78%

Average net price$28,304

Cheaper than 11% · #2 cheapest of 3 in Vermont

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment80

Larger than 22%

Percentiles compare O'Briens Aveda Institute 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 Vermont.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White84%
Black5.0%
Hispanic1.3%
Asian5.0%
Other or multiracial5.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 80
Student–faculty ratio: 16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 34%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 38%
Median family income: $27,935

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: $28,304

Outcomes

Graduated: 67%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: —
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 13%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 53%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$25,355

$30–48k

$27,622

$48–75k

$28,623

$75–110k

$31,562

$110k+

$35,186

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,063

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 6% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,063. 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 66 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high: 82°F
Winter low: 13°F
Annual rain: 37.5″
Annual snow: 87.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Burlington Intl AP, VT US station (2.7 mi from campus).

What O'Briens Aveda Institute graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

74 grads$24k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$10k debt

74$23,620$30,843$9,832

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.