Public · Community college
Navajo Technical University
Crownpoint, New Mexico · Remote rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $5,338
- Avg net price
- 12%
- Grad / completion
- $26,364
- Median earnings
Navajo Technical University is a public certificate-granting institution in Crownpoint, New Mexico (remote rural setting), enrolling 1,124 undergraduates. It is a Tribal college. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Crownpoint, New Mexico
Crownpoint is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County, New Mexico. Crownpoint was founded in 1912 by Samuel F. Stacher as an Indian agency to serve the Navajo people in the Pueblo Bonito Agency of northwestern New Mexico. A school house, agency office and power house were built to accommodate future planned establishments. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote rural
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 94 miles to Albuquerque, NM
- To the ocean
- 421 miles
- Nearest airport
- 38 miles to Gallup (GUP)
How Navajo Technical University compares
Higher than 1% · #29 of 29 in New Mexico
Higher than 5%
Higher than 21% · #24 of 24 in New Mexico
Cheaper than 90% · #11 cheapest of 30 in New Mexico
Lower than 82%
Larger than 74%
Percentiles compare Navajo Technical University with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in New Mexico.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate1,12498%
- Graduate262%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women64257%
- Men48243%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Black0.5%
- Other or multiracial98%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 1,124
- Graduate enrollment
- 26
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 41%
- Median family income
- $12,120
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $54,369
- Endowment
- $10,169,006
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $4,346
- Room & board
- $9,486
- Books & supplies
- $2,600
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,049
- Average net price
- $5,338
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)
- 12%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 38%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,280
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $26,364
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
About 12% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 203
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 18%
- Housing charge (year)
- $2,600
- Meal plan (year)
- $5,472
- Application fee
- Free
- Athletics
- Other
- Varsity athletes
- 46 (22 men · 24 women)
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%.
Varsity sports (5)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
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 (1,704 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.
$5,806/year × about 5.5 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: 92% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $876. 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 169 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)
- $26,364
- 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 $325 (1%) 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
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 12°F
- Annual rain
- 12.2″
- Annual snow
- 30.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Thoreau 12 SE, NM US station (26.8 mi from campus).
What Navajo Technical University 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.











