Navajo Technical University
Public College in Crownpoint, NM. Six-year graduation rate 18%. Median 10-year earnings $26,364.
Ten-year median earnings of $26,364 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 18% — 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 18% — below national average
Academics
Only 18% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Just 38% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,120 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,301 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $4,293 at $0–30k against $10,821 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $8,332.
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 · 168 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 | $4,293 |
| $30–48k | $4,458 |
| $48–75k | $5,806 |
| $75–110k | $10,221 |
| $110k+ | $10,821 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (McKinley County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)