Casal Aveda Institute
For-profit College in Niles, OH. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $22,453.
Students who entered Casal Aveda Institute reach a median of $22,453 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 63% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,917 — modest by four-year standards.
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
Academics
Completion is middling: 63% finish inside six years. 77% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 189 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,286 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,728 at $0–30k, $19,572 at $110k+. 60% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,946 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 84% 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 · 54 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 | $13,728 |
| $30–48k | $11,328 |
| $48–75k | $15,685 |
| $75–110k | $19,572 |
| $110k+ | $19,572 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 159 of these 189 students, totalling $876,451 — an average of $5,512 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Trumbull 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)