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Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Overview

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is a public institution situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Institute of American Indian Arts.

What Is Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Known For?

56 Undergraduate Awards
$16,729 Avg Cost After Aid
100% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Institute of American Indian Arts since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Institute of American Indian Arts.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

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Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Institute of American Indian Arts.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Online Museum Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Museum Studies Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#2 Most Popular Online Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#7 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#17 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#25 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#27 Most Popular Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#55 Most Popular English Language & Literature Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Institute of American Indian Arts has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#14 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production College Factual
#41 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts College Factual

Where Is Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development?

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Contact details for Institute of American Indian Arts are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508-1300
Phone: 505-424-2311
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/InstituteofAmericanIndianArts
Twitter: http://twitter.com/IAIASantaFe

How Do I Get Into Institute of American Indian Arts?

You can apply to Institute of American Indian Arts online at: https://iaia.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Institute of American Indian Arts

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program neither required nor recommended
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores recommended
TOEFL recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Institute of American Indian Arts?

100% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 100%, Institute of American Indian Arts is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Can I Afford Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development?

$16,729 Net Price
3% Take Out Loans
25.0% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Institute of American Indian Arts is $16,729. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Institute of American Indian Arts, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $12,269 a year. That adds up to $49,076 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Institute of American Indian Arts is 25.0%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Undergraduate Student Diversity

234 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 649 undergraduate students at Institute of American Indian Arts, with 234 being full-time and 415 being part-time.

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There are also 44 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 234 full-time undergraduates at Institute of American Indian Arts, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 23
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 185

Geographic Diversity

New Mexico students aren't the only ones who study at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

510 Took All Classes Online
686 Took At Least One Class Online
457.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 686 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Institute of American Indian Arts has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 18th most popular in New Mexico for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Institute of American Indian Arts

The following table shows how Institute of American Indian Arts is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Museum Studies #1 #1
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #4 #1

Online Growth Rankings of Institute of American Indian Arts

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development was 457.9%. This is the #174 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Institute of American Indian Arts regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Institute of American Indian Arts ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Institute of American Indian Arts.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Museum Studies #1
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #14

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
Writing Studies 0 1 0 5 29 35
Fine & Studio Arts 0 5 1 21 0 27
Museum Studies 0 2 3 3 0 8
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 7 0 7
Business Administration & Management 4 0 0 0 0 4
Ethnic Studies 0 1 0 3 0 4
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4 9 4 39 29 85

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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