Private for-profit · Community college

The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago

Chicago, Illinois · Large city

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Transfer rate: $33,008
Avg net price: 78%
Grad / completion: $31,369
Median earnings

The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Chicago, Illinois (large city setting), enrolling 93 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 93 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowy

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: < 1 mile
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Chicago Midway (MDW) · major hub

How The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago compares

Graduation rate78%

Higher than 74% · #26 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention80%

Higher than 64%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,369

Higher than 37% · #71 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$33,008

Cheaper than 5% · #123 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$7,917

Lower than 75%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment93

Larger than 26%

Percentiles compare The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness 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

Women8591%
Men89%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White47%
Black19%
Hispanic18%
Asian3.2%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 93
Student–faculty ratio: 13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 39%
First-generation students: 39%
Students over 25: 43%
Median family income: $25,473

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: $33,008

Outcomes

Graduated: 78%
First-year retention: 80%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,460
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $31,369
Median debt at graduation: $7,917
Students with federal loans: 45%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 42%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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.

< $30k

$29,779

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$34,182

$75–110k

$35,942

$110k+

—

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

$2,500

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,500. 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 39 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): $31,369
Typical debt at graduation: $7,917
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

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: 81°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 34.4″
Annual snow: 38.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Northerly IS, IL US station (5.7 mi from campus).

What The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

81 grads$22k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$10k debt

81$22,351$27,574$9,833

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.