Avalon School
of Cosmetology
For-profit College in Worthington, MN. Six-year graduation rate 83%. Median 10-year earnings $28,336.
Ten-year median earnings of $28,336 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 83% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 83% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 0% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 27 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 27 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,507 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,182 at $0–30k against $7,232 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 37% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price.
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 · 11 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 | $6,182 |
| $30–48k | $6,307 |
| $48–75k | $7,232 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nobles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026