Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

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Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Santa Fe, NM

Population 160,000

Website https://iaia.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎) very dry

Sunshine Hours 3,390 (97% ☀️)

Days Without Precipitation 290 (91% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 285

Men / Women 38% / 62%

Racial/Ethnic

Native American 68%

Hispanic 13%

Mixed 13%

White 6%

Asian 0%

Black 0%

International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development	49	35% / 65%	0%	$34,034	14	90%
Creative Writing	5 —	0% / 100%	0%	$41,086	31	—
Native American Studies	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	—	—	—
Film Production	15 —	40% / 60%	0%	$33,370	12	—
Museum Studies	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$39,637	27	—
Studio Arts	22 —	32% / 68%	0%	$32,749	12	90%
Theatre	4 —	75% / 25%	0%	$33,379	12	—

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $6,220

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $6,298

Est. In-State Cost $8,046

Est. Out-of-State Cost $8,147

ROI Percentile 14th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 70%

4-Year Graduation Rate 6%

6-Year Graduation Rate 15%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Native Hispanic White

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅		%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Arts		85.7%	42	38% / 62%	0%	$33,195	12	90%
Humanities & Social Sciences		14.3%	7	14% / 86%	0%	$41,086	31	—

Admissions

Uses Common App No

Acceptance Rate 97%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	97%	97%	97%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.

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