Aviation Institute
of Maintenance-Atlanta
For-profit College in Duluth, GA. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $48,191.
Ten years after entry, the median Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta student earns $48,191 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation reaches $31,500, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.65 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
46% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 779 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $27,982 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,379 at $0–30k, $29,136 at $110k+. About 69% get grants averaging $7,675, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 42% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 166 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 | $26,379 |
| $30–48k | $28,228 |
| $48–75k | $30,839 |
| $75–110k | $30,097 |
| $110k+ | $29,136 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 327 of these 779 students, totalling $1,730,418 — an average of $5,292 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gwinnett County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Other - CIO Problems (Eligibility)); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)