About
The Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago is a beauty and wellness institution located in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1994. It offers a range of programs including Cosmetology, Barbering, Esthiology, and Massage Therapy, and is licensed and approved by various educational boards.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.4-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 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 · 13
- Jun 2024Removal of Monitoring StatusNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Mar 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2022Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Sep 2022Renewal of AccreditationNational Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences, Inc.
- Jun 2022Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringNational 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, 51 students received $251K in Pell grants, alongside $463K 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 87 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (3.4%) 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 IBW
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
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.
IBW vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions IBW 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Aveda Institute of Beauty and Wellness Chicago | 78% | — | 93 | $33,008 | — |
Cannella School of Hair Design-Chicago | — | — | — | $11,880 | — |
| — | — | 160 | $23,324 | — | |
| — | — | 160 | $19,279 | — | |
| — | — | 216 | $21,856 | — | |
| — | — | 53 | $17,185 | — | |
| Peer group median | 78% | — | 160 | $20,568 |
Institutions like IBW
Explore the federal data for institutions in IBW's comparison group.
- Illinois
Cannella School of Hair Design-Chicago
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$11,880 - Illinois
Paul Mitchell the School-Chicago
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment160Net price$23,324View data - Illinois
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NE
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment160Net price$19,279View data - Illinois
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Chicago NW
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment216Net price$21,856View data - Illinois
University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment53Net price$17,185View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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