Southwestern Indian
Polytechnic Institute
Public Community College in Albuquerque, NM. Six-year graduation rate 14%. Median 10-year earnings $27,660.
Students who entered Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute reach a median of $27,660 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 14% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential they enrolled for.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 14% — below national average
Academics
Only 14% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 59% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 12% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 233 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,794 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($4,302 versus $2,850), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 73% get grants averaging $6,786, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price.
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 · 41 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 | $4,302 |
| $30–48k | $5,900 |
| $48–75k | $7,418 |
| $75–110k | $2,850 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bernalillo County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026