Aviation Institute
of Maintenance-Fremont
For-profit College in Fremont, CA. Six-year graduation rate 57%.
Six-year completion sits at 57%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $31,786 at graduation.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
57% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 70% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 256 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,146 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $28,067 at $0–30k against $27,558 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 49% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 20% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 44 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 | $28,067 |
| $30–48k | $31,107 |
| $48–75k | $32,301 |
| $75–110k | $32,172 |
| $110k+ | $27,558 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 52 of these 256 students, totalling $433,070 — an average of $8,328 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Alameda 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)