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American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Public College in Santa Fe, NM. Six-year graduation rate 11%. Median 10-year earnings $24,505.
Students who entered Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development reach a median of $24,505 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 11% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 11% — below national average
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 97% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 79, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 71% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 11% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 70% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 323 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,381 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,974 at $0–30k versus $21,413 at $75–110k. Most students get help: 85% receive grants worth $13,705 on average.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 46 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $10,974 |
| $30–48k | $11,718 |
| $48–75k | $12,454 |
| $75–110k | $21,413 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Santa Fe County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)