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.

PublicSmall · 1,124 undergradsRemote ruralOtherCold wintersSnowy

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
To the ocean
421 miles
Nearest airport
38 miles to Gallup (GUP)

How Navajo Technical University compares

Graduation rate12%

Higher than 1% · #29 of 29 in New Mexico

First-year retention38%

Higher than 5%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,364

Higher than 21% · #24 of 24 in New Mexico

Average net price$5,338

Cheaper than 90% · #11 cheapest of 30 in New Mexico

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment1,124

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

1,150students
  • Undergraduate1,12498%
  • Graduate262%

Undergraduates by gender

1,124undergrads
  • 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)

Basketball20
Rodeo14
Cross Country5
Archery4
Other Sports3

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.

< $30k
$4,293
$30–48k
$4,458
$48–75k
$5,806
$75–110k
$10,221
$110k+
$10,821

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
$31,933

$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.

92%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$876
average award, among those who get one

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%
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
$26,498
Men
$26,173

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

HighLow
0°50°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.22.4JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Thoreau 12 SE, NM US station (26.8 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.