College · Public · Santa Fe, NM · Rural
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Santa Fe, NM
Tribal college
Admit rate97%
6-yr median pay$21k
Net price / yr$13k
Undergrad size334
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $13k/yr for a shot at a $21k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 97% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
334 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $25k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $13k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$99k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$50k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$49k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $5.9k
- Room & board
- $13.0k
- Books & supplies
- $2,400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention64%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr15%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$21k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$25k
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
- Rural
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 334
- Location
- Santa Fe, NM
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Institute of American Indian Arts
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- American Indian / Alaska Native64%
- Two or more races13%
- Hispanic12%
- White10%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time19%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$11k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 8
What you can study.