Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

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#8273 / #2182
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2182
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$1,095
Graduation rate
11%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
215

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About Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

According to Wikipedia, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is a public tribal land-grant community college in unincorporated Bernalillo County, New Mexico, with an Albuquerque postal address. It is federally operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and funded through the Bureau of Indian Education, both agencies within the United States Department of the Interior. More than 120 different Indian Tribes are represented in SIPI's student body.

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
59%11%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$1,095

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $32,730 a year, and 77% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
305305

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute?

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is located at 9169 Coors Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120-3101.

How Safe is Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has a violent crime rate of 1.40% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Albuquerque has a violent crime rate of 1.19% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 4.77%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Known For?

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Sociology
#2695
World Rank
#2699
Historical Rank
#793
USA Rank

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ranks #793 in the U.S. and #2695 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Engineering
#7172
World Rank
#7178
Historical Rank
#1397
USA Rank

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ranks #1397 in the U.S. and #7172 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Computer Science
#5936
World Rank
#5944
Historical Rank
#1426
USA Rank

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ranks #1426 in the U.S. and #5936 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Education
#6183
World Rank
#6186
Historical Rank
#1570
USA Rank

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ranks #1570 in the U.S. and #6183 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Medical
#7526
World Rank
#7528
Historical Rank
#2165
USA Rank

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ranks #2165 in the U.S. and #7526 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Business
#9951
World Rank
#9951
Historical Rank
#2781
USA Rank

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute ranks #2781 in the U.S. and #9951 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees