Advanced Welding Institute
For-profit College in South Burlington, VT.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention is strong at 93%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 135 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 135 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,943 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $20,324 at $0–30k versus $33,671 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $10,995. Federal borrowing reaches 52% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 113 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,324 |
| $30–48k | $17,691 |
| $48–75k | $21,426 |
| $75–110k | $30,372 |
| $110k+ | $33,671 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 70 of these 135 students, totalling $352,990 — an average of $5,043 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chittenden County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)