Aviation Institute
of Maintenance-Charlotte
For-profit College in Charlotte, NC. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $42,759.
Students who entered Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Charlotte land at a median of $42,759 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 70% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $29,773 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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 0.70 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
70% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 212 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,355 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,326 at $0–30k, $23,709 at $110k+. 54% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,425 — common but not automatic. 74% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 | $25,326 |
| $30–48k | $30,005 |
| $48–75k | $30,005 |
| $75–110k | $23,230 |
| $110k+ | $23,709 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 156 of these 212 students, totalling $1,659,043 — an average of $10,635 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mecklenburg 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)