Public · Institute
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Santa Fe, New Mexico · Fringe rural
- 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.
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
- Nearest big city
- 50 miles to Albuquerque, NM
- 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
More selective than 8% · #6 most selective of 6 in New Mexico
Higher than 4% · #10 of 10 in New Mexico
Higher than 31%
Higher than 1% · #10 of 10 in New Mexico
Cheaper than 83% · #5 cheapest of 10 in New Mexico
Lower than 83%
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
- Undergraduate33483%
- Graduate7017%
Undergraduates by gender
- 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)
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.
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.
$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.
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%
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 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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa FE 2, NM US station (3 mi from campus).
What Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development graduates study — and earn
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.













