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Red Lake Nation College

Red Lake Nation College

Red Lake, MN · Rural · 332 students
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$5,672
Average net priceYour net price
In-state
<30
30–48
48–75
75–110
110+
By household income — tap a bar
47%
Graduation rate
19% typical
Not reported
Earnings 10 years on
Open admission
Acceptance rate
Accredited by Higher Learning Commission
About

Red Lake Nation College (RLNC) is a tribal community college best known for providing accessible higher education grounded deeply in Ojibwe culture, language, and indigenous sovereignty. The college primarily offers Associate of Arts degrees, with its strongest and most prominent focus in Liberal Education with an emphasis in Ojibwe Language and Indigenous Studies, serving as a transfer pathway to four-year universities. Campus life is small, close-knit, and distinctly supportive, centering the student experience on traditional values and Native heritage alongside modern academics. A key distinctive feature is that RLNC is chartered by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and, with the recent opening of its Minneapolis branch site, it stands as the first tribal college operating a full-service instructional facility in a major U.S. urban area.


Wikipedia:Red Lake Nation College is a public tribal land-grant community college on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota. It is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and enrolls about 150 students. The college is supported by elders and community members who speak the Anishinaabe language and who understand the history of the Red Lake Nation.

Location
Red Lake, MN, 56671-0000 · Rural campus
✈
Nearest airport from college
MSP · Minneapolis
224 mi away
Cost & aid
Cost of attendance
These figures are federal data and may be out of date.
In-stateOut-of-state
Tuition & fees$6,640$6,640
Books & supplies$1,385$1,385
Cost of attendance$13,164$13,164 est.
Average net price$5,672Not published
Out-of-state prices
Tuition & fees$6,640
Books & supplies$1,385
Cost of attendance$13,164 est.
Average net priceNot published
In-state: $5,672
est. = the in-state cost of attendance with out-of-state tuition swapped in; no out-of-state figure is published.
Net price by family income · in-state students
$0–30k
$4,771
$30–48k
$7,279
$48–75k
$6,482
$75–110k
$8,064
Grants from the school
No first-years got a grant from the school’s own funds.
Source: College Navigator (U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS)
Outcomes
Completion
Within 6 yrs
47%
Green marks a figure above the typical Tribal college: 19% graduate within 6 yrs.
Admissions

No admissions data available for this college.

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Essay prompts

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Student Body
Gender
Men 34%Women 66%
Who enrolls
Faculty ratio
11 : 1
Pell grant
62%
Part-time
32%
Where first-years come from
In state (MN)
94.2%
Out of state
0.0%
International
0.0%
Race & ethnicity
White
1%
Two or more
1%
AI/AN
97%
Varsity sports

No data. This school isn't in the U.S. Department of Education's athletics (EADA) file, so we can't list its teams. That doesn't mean it has none.

Institutional
Resources
Full-time faculty
48%
Faculty salary
$4,920/mo
Teaching spend
$18,615
per student
Federal loans
0%
Classification
Carnegie type
Tribal college
Undergraduate profile
Two-year, mixed part/full-time

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