The Aveda
Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago
For-profit College in Chicago, IL. Median 10-year earnings $31,369.
Students who entered The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago reach a median of $31,369 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,917.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit short-program school 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. At 185 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 185 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $32,421 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $29,779 at $0–30k, $36,848 at $110k+. Only 39% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing reaches 45% of students.
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 · 12 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 | $29,779 |
| $30–48k | $33,166 |
| $48–75k | $34,182 |
| $75–110k | $35,942 |
| $110k+ | $36,848 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 83 of these 185 students, totalling $661,571 — an average of $7,971 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook 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)