College · Private for-profit · Albuquerque, NM · City
Brookline College-Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$37k
Undergrad size542
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $37k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
542 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
The $37k figure is the net price — what the average student actually pays after need-based aid. Merit aid varies by school. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
How students pay for it.
Pell grants47%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans51%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$10k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention45%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr47%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$30k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 542
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic58%
- White18%
- Black8%
- Unknown8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native6%
- Asian1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students56%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$15k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 3
What you can study.