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Brookline College-Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico · Large city

#5 graduation rate in New Mexico
Admit rate
$37,459
Avg net price
47%
Graduation rate
$29,576
Median earnings

Brookline College-Albuquerque is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Albuquerque, New Mexico (large city setting), enrolling 542 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 542 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. By the 1500s, there were around 20 Tiwa pueblos along a 60-mile (97 km) stretch of river from present-day Algodones to the Rio Puerco confluence south of Belen. Of these, 12 or 13 were densely clustered near present-day Bernalillo, and the remainder were spread out to the south. Albuquerque hosts the International Balloon Fiesta, the world's largest gathering of hot-air balloons, taking place every October at Balloon Fiesta Park, with its 47-acre launch field. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
Albuquerque, NM
To the ocean
459 miles
Nearest airport
4 miles to Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) · major hub

How Brookline College-Albuquerque compares

Graduation rate47%

Higher than 34% · #5 of 10 in New Mexico

First-year retention0%

Higher than 1%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,576

Higher than 2% · #9 of 10 in New Mexico

Average net price$37,459

Cheaper than 7% · #10 cheapest of 10 in New Mexico

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 98%

Student–faculty ratio22 : 1

Lower than 6%

Undergraduate enrollment542

Larger than 23%

Percentiles compare Brookline College-Albuquerque with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in New Mexico.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

542undergrads
  • Women43180%
  • Men11120%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White18%
  • Black8.1%
  • Hispanic58%
  • Asian1.5%
  • Other or multiracial15%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
542
Student–faculty ratio
22 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
47%
First-generation students
56%
Students over 25
72%
Median family income
$15,004
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$66,294

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
Average net price
$37,459

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
47%
Graduated on time (4 years)
9%
First-year retention
0%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$32,705
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$29,576
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
Students with federal loans
51%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
16%

About 38% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
9%
Low-income (Pell)
58%
First-generation
60%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
D
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
19.6 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
22
Property offenses (2022–2024)
11

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (560 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

11reported offenses a year
7.3 violent a year3.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Aggravated assault
5.7
Motor vehicle theft
3.7
Robbery
1.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$36,151
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$38,768
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$188,356

$36,151/year × about 5.2 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Brookline College-Albuquerque funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$29,576
Typical debt at graduation
$9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
32%
Out-earn a HS grad
28%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$28,898
Men
$33,553

Men out-earn women by $4,655 (16%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
95°F
Winter low
21°F
Annual rain
8.8″
Annual snow
7.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.00.81.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rio Grande Nature Ctr, NM US station (3.4 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.