Aveda Arts
& Sciences Institute Lafayette-Arlington
For-profit College in Arlington, VA. Median 10-year earnings $23,904.
Ten-year median earnings of $23,904 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Median debt at graduation is $7,916, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is strong at 96%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 370 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 370 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $32,296 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($33,849 versus $33,273), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 47% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 50% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 48 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 | $33,849 |
| $30–48k | $31,228 |
| $48–75k | $32,995 |
| $75–110k | $33,273 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 184 of these 370 students, totalling $1,133,530 — an average of $6,160 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Arlington County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026