West Des Moines, IA · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Aveda Institute-Des Moines is a private for-profit institution in West Des Moines, IA, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 244 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 15:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: avedafi.edu/des-moines/cosmetology-school
The published tuition for the largest program at Aveda Institute-Des Moines is $21,100 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 49 Iowa colleges that do report one is $23,680.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $36,132 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 88% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $8,461 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 41% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 16% |
| First-generation students | 37% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Aveda Institute-Des Moines's largest program is $21,100 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Aveda Institute-Des Moines enrolls about 244 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 15:1.
Aveda Institute-Des Moines is a private for-profit institution in West Des Moines, IA. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Aveda Institute-Des Moines does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at Aveda Institute-Des Moines are $36,132 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Aveda Institute-Des Moines graduates who borrowed is $8,461, according to College Scorecard.