Aveda Institute-Columbus
For-profit College in Columbus, OH. Median 10-year earnings $30,231.
Students who entered Aveda Institute-Columbus reach a median of $30,231 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,333.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 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. First-year retention of 87% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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. This is a small school — 434 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 434 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,639 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $19,125 at $0–30k, $26,656 at $110k+. About 53% get grants averaging $5,344, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 58% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 109 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 | $19,125 |
| $30–48k | $19,979 |
| $48–75k | $22,460 |
| $75–110k | $26,656 |
| $110k+ | $26,656 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 251 of these 434 students, totalling $1,890,271 — an average of $7,531 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Franklin 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)