Professional Skills Institute vs. AIAM

Comparable Facts

Compare Professional Skills Institute in Maumee, OH with American Institute of Alternative Medicine in Columbus, OH on tuition, admissions, graduation, earnings, and student body data using the tables above.

Professional Skills Institute is larger than AIAM based on total student enrollment (395 students vs. 251 students).

Location, institution type, and student-faculty ratio

• Professional Skills Institute is located in Maumee, OH (Large City setting); American Institute of Alternative Medicine is in Columbus, OH (Large City setting).
• Professional Skills Institute is a private, for-profit 2-year institution. American Institute of Alternative Medicine is a private, for-profit 2-year institution.
• Student-to-faculty ratio: Professional Skills Institute 17:1; American Institute of Alternative Medicine 9:1.

Cost details

• Living costs (room and board or off-campus housing budget) at Professional Skills Institute are 69.8% lower than at American Institute of Alternative Medicine ($12,384 vs. $41,013).
• Out-of-state tuition is 44.5% higher at AIAM than at Professional Skills Institute (about $7,063 more per year; $22,947 vs. $15,884).
• A larger share of students receive grant aid at Professional Skills Institute than at American Institute of Alternative Medicine (90% vs. 80%).
• The average total grant financial aid received by Professional Skills Institute students is 64.8% larger than aid received by American Institute of Alternative Medicine students ($7,004 vs. $4,251).

Admissions details

• SAT or ACT scores are test-free at both Professional Skills Institute and AIAM.
• The share of admitted students who enrolled (yield) is 67.2% at Professional Skills Institute vs. 60.6% at AIAM.

Loans and repayment

• Among federal student loan borrowers, American Institute of Alternative Medicine graduates have a $438 lower median loan debt than Professional Skills Institute graduates ($19,562 vs. $20,000).
• Among borrowers, AIAM graduates have an estimated $4 lower median monthly federal student loan payment than Professional Skills Institute graduates ($202 vs. $206).
• More AIAM graduates are actively paying back their federal student loan debt than former Professional Skills Institute students, three years after graduation (39% vs. 36%).

Sources: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS and College Scorecard. Values reflect the most recent year available in our dataset.