Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development operates as a public institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 334 students of which 1,012 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is categorized as “33” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 97.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,570, with published in-state tuition of $5,920 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.5%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 20.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 70.3%. Graduates earn a median of $24,505 ten years after enrolling, compared with $20,816 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 2700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 20.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.