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Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

Santa Fe, New Mexico · Fringe rural

#5 best value in New Mexico
97.5%
Admit rate
$12,570
Avg net price
15%
Graduation rate
$24,505
Median earnings

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is a public bachelor's-granting institution in Santa Fe, New Mexico (fringe rural setting), enrolling 334 undergraduates. It is a Tribal college.

PublicSmall · 334 undergradsFringe ruralAccessible · 97% admitCold winters

About Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. In 1598, Juan de Oñate established the area as Santa Fe de Nuevo México, a province of New Spain. Santa Fe is well known as a center for arts and for its multiculturalism; since 2005, it has been designated as a UNESCO Creative City in Crafts and Folk Art. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Fringe rural
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
508 miles
Nearest airport
5 miles to Santa Fe (SAF)

How Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development compares

Selectivity97.5%

More selective than 8% · #6 most selective of 6 in New Mexico

Graduation rate15%

Higher than 4% · #10 of 10 in New Mexico

First-year retention70%

Higher than 31%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,505

Higher than 1% · #10 of 10 in New Mexico

Average net price$12,570

Cheaper than 83% · #5 cheapest of 10 in New Mexico

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 83%

Undergraduate enrollment334

Larger than 17%

Percentiles compare Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development 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

Undergraduate vs. graduate

404students
  • Undergraduate33483%
  • Graduate7017%

Undergraduates by gender

334undergrads
  • Women17853%
  • Men15647%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White10%
  • Hispanic12%
  • Other or multiracial78%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
334
Graduate enrollment
70
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
23%
First-generation students
38%
Students over 25
18%
Median family income
$11,358
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$70,362
Endowment
$25,467,231

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

Admissions

Admission rate
97.5%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$5,920
Room & board
$13,028
Books & supplies
$2,400
Total cost of attendance
$24,854
Average net price
$12,570

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)
15%
Graduated on time (4 years)
6%
First-year retention
70%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$20,816
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$24,505
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%

About 9% 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
6%
First-generation
23%

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
Yes
Dorm capacity
186
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
56%
Housing charge (year)
$6,942
Meal plan (year)
$5,546
Application fee
$25

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
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (947 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.

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
$10,974
$30–48k
$11,718
$48–75k
$12,454
$75–110k
$21,413
$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
$61,397

$12,454/year × about 4.9 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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

94%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,850
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 94% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,850. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 50 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$24,505
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
21%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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
$24,826
Men
$24,211

Women out-earn men by $615 (3%) 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
86°F
Winter low
18°F
Annual rain
12.8″
Annual snow
20.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.12.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa FE 2, NM US station (3 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.