Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Santa Fe, NM · Public · Rural (fringe) · Institute of American Indian Arts
Public institution in Santa Fe, NM · 307 undergraduates · 100% acceptance rate · $24,505 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 10%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 24%Average net price
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $12,322472nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,801199th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $5,80172nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $23,873617th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $24,5051,926th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,8161,917th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 24.5%1,862nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 58.3%1,630th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 100.0%1,545th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3071,787th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1212th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 20.4%1,684th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 304 mi (DEN)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 8 of 8 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $18,771 | $11,234 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesArea & Ethnic Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Museology/Museum StudiesMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development’s 307 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NM
- University of the SouthwestHobbs, NM · 337 undergrads
- St. John's CollegeSanta Fe, NM · 369 undergrads
- Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola, NM · 859 undergrads
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, NM · 1,122 undergrads
- Navajo Technical UniversityCrownpoint, NM · 1,134 undergrads
- New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, NM · 1,561 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Hesston CollegeHesston, KS · 308 undergrads
- Strayer University-District of ColumbiaWashington, DC · 309 undergrads
- Miami Regional UniversityMiami Springs, FL · 310 undergrads
- University of Puerto Rico-UtuadoUtuado, PR · 310 undergrads
- GnomonHollywood, CA · 302 undergrads
- Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA · 312 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteiaia.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 187745)
- Compare colleges in NMRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in New MexicoEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with University of the SouthwestSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development vs University of the SouthwestHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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