About
The American Institute of Alternative Medicine (aIAM) is a private higher education institution located in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1990. It offers programs in acupuncture, medical massage therapy, and practical nursing, emphasizing holistic and alternative health practices. The institution has more than 3,000 alumni practicing various healing arts worldwide.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 7 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 6 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 14.3%
- No Data6 · 85.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 1
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 219 students received $756K in Pell grants, alongside $1.4M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 197 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (2.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at AIAM
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
AIAM vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions AIAM selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAmerican Institute of Alternative Medicine | 60% | — | 251 | $32,285 | — |
Acupuncture and Massage College | 14% | — | — | $34,656 | — |
Atlanta School of Massage | — | — | — | $27,774 | — |
| — | 57.1% | 64 | — | — | |
| — | — | 243 | $19,024 | — | |
| — | — | 225 | $28,383 | — | |
| — | — | 12 | $32,278 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 50 | $18,198 | — | |
| — | — | 30 | $27,645 | — | |
| — | — | 44 | $21,032 | — | |
| Peer group median | 37% | 57.1% | 57 | $27,774 |
Institutions like AIAM
Explore the federal data for institutions in AIAM's comparison group.
- Florida
Acupuncture and Massage College
Grad rate14%Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$34,656 - Georgia
Atlanta School of Massage
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$27,774 - Massachusetts
Bancroft School of Massage Therapy
Grad rate—Admit rate57.1%Enrollment64Net price—View data - California
California Healing Arts College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment243Net price$19,024View data - Maryland
Cortiva Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment225Net price$28,383View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsNebraska
Myotherapy Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment12Net price$32,278View data - Utah
Myotherapy Massage College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment50Net price$18,198View data - New York
New York Institute of Massage Inc
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment30Net price$27,645View data - Ohio
Orion Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment44Net price$21,032View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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