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After Aveda Institute-Portland: graduation, pay and debt

Portland, Oregon · For-profit · 171 undergrads

The typical student earns $33,003 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,826 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$33k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$6,826
median federal debt at graduation.
50%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
64%
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
3.3%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,329
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,561
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,003

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$6,826
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,211
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,211
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,734
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
50%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
52%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers