| Location: | Southwest |
| Setting: | Large Town Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
The College of Santa Fe is a small liberal arts college, with strong programs in the arts, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. At its Santa Fe campus, the college offers a traditional full-time undergraduate program, as well as an evening and weekend program for local working adults. The evening and weekend program has another branch in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The college has about 800 traditional students and over 1,000 students in its evening and weekend program.
The oldest chartered college in the State of New Mexico, the College of Santa Fe was founded in the Lasallian tradition of education, a Roman Catholic teaching order in which the schools are run by laymen. The institution's first incarnation opened in 1859, as St. Michael's College. It was run by four Christian Brothers as a preparatory school for boys, and it operated out of an adobe hut. It was granted a charter for higher education in 1874, as the College of the Christian Brothers of New Mexico. The college was heavily represented at the first constitutional convention of New Mexico, in 1910. However, after World War I, the higher education program was dropped, and it was a dedicated preparatory school until after World War II.
The school reintroduced the college program, and assumed its modern form, in 1947. The first class had 148 students, with 15 faculty members, all Christian Brothers (by contrast, the current faculty are mostly secular). The president at that time was Brother Benildus of Mary, for whom the largest academic building is named. In 1966, Saint Michael's College changed its name to the College of Santa Fe, and enrolled its first female students in that year.
The college has continued expanding since it became co-educational. In 1980 it opened the evening-weekend program, with the intent of offering degree programs to adults who work every weekday. In 1985 it was accredited to award the Master of Business Administration. In 1986, after the closing of the University of Albuquerque, it opened its Albuquerque branch.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 45% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 22,276 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 21,530 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 746 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 4,046 | 24% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 5,164 | 11% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 8,549 | 71% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 4,230 | 50% | |
Any Aid: |
75% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 73% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 73% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 520, Math: 470 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 520 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 35% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 18, Verbal: 18, Math: 16 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 25, Verbal: 27, Math: 24 |
| Application Fee: | $ 35.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Recommended |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
