After Institute of American Indian Arts: graduation, pay and debt

Santa Fe, New Mexico · Public · 334 undergrads

25% of Institute of American Indian Arts students finish within six years and the typical student earns $26,385 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$26.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

25%

finish within six years.

9.4%

finish in four years.

70%

of first-years come back for year two.

41%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023

9.4%

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023

25%

First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024

70%

Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

20%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

29%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release

13%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$25,401

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23

$26,385

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

20%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25

41%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

32%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from