Avenue Five Institute
About
Avenue Five Institute is a nationally accredited beauty and wellness training institution located in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2007, it offers programs in cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, and barbering. The institute focuses on hands-on learning and industry collaboration to prepare students for careers in the beauty sector.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 33.0-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 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data2 · 100.0%
- 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.
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.
National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Action history · 11
- Feb 2025Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Nov 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- May 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Oct 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Mar 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
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, 394 students received $1.7M in Pell grants, alongside $2.1M 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 212 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Avenue Five Institute
Top program areas ranked 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
- On campus1
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.
Avenue Five Institute vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Avenue Five Institute 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAvenue Five Institute | 77% | — | 316 | $26,507 | — |
Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy-Tampa | — | — | 253 | $12,808 | — |
Atlanta School of Massage | — | — | — | $27,774 | — |
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Baton Rouge | — | — | 175 | $20,934 | — |
Aveda Fredric's Institute-Indianapolis | — | — | 265 | $23,187 | — |
Aveda Institute-Columbus | — | — | 290 | $19,538 | — |
Bellus Academy | — | — | 209 | $22,076 | — |
California College of Barbering and Cosmetology | — | — | 227 | $15,580 | — |
Career Academy of Hair Design | — | — | 245 | $13,563 | — |
Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester | — | — | 194 | $15,659 | — |
Cortiva Institute | — | — | 225 | $28,383 | — |
David Pressley School of Cosmetology | — | — | 225 | $18,565 | — |
Empire Beauty School-Hooksett | — | — | 306 | $10,187 | — |
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers | — | — | 218 | $18,597 | — |
Houston Barber School | — | — | 264 | $14,760 | — |
La Belle Beauty School | — | — | 63 | $12,731 | — |
Milan Institute-Merced | — | — | 359 | $28,094 | — |
Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School | — | — | 242 | $18,970 | — |
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Arlington | — | — | 374 | $22,325 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Columbia | — | — | 256 | $12,804 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville | — | — | 237 | $21,895 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Overland Park | — | — | 179 | $18,979 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Rexburg | — | — | 224 | $18,012 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City | — | — | 287 | $13,704 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-San Antonio | — | — | 361 | $25,035 | — |
Paul Mitchell the School-Sherman Oaks | — | — | 286 | $26,369 | — |
PCI Academy-Ames | — | — | 176 | $18,518 | — |
Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and Wellness | — | 95.8% | 346 | $16,964 | — |
Salon Success Academy-Upland | — | — | 254 | $16,626 | — |
| Peer group median | 77% | 95.8% | 249 | $18,597 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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