Brookline College - Albuquerque
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Overview
Brookline College - Albuquerque is located in a large city with a population of more than 250,000. It is in the Albuquerque NM area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($67K): Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Largest undergraduate program (73): Medical/Clinical Assistant
Address
4201 Central Ave Nw-ste J
Albuquerque, NM 87105
www.brooklinecollege.edu
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good
Institutional Control
Brookline College - Albuquerque is a private for-profit organization and is related to other schools.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Brookline College - Albuquerque holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school.
Accreditation History
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (Accredited February 14, 2018 - present)
  • The next accreditation review is scheduled for February 28, 2023.
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (Accredited July 1, 2002 - May 2, 2018)
  • The acccreditation was ceased for the following reason: Voluntary withdrawal
Undergraduate Students
Not all students attend their first college full time to completion. While some schools are focused on those that population, many schools focus on transfer and or part time students. What types of of student does this school support.
Full-time first-time students
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Admissions
Open Admissions
Brookline College - Albuquerque is an open admissions school and accepts any student who applies.
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Admissions Details
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Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Application Fee & Common App
Application Fee & Common App
Brookline College - Albuquerque has an undergraduate application fee of $0. We did not find Brookline College - Albuquerque on the Common Application site. Keep in mind that it never hurts to inquire with an Admissions office to see whether they might be willing to waive your application fee.
Credits accepted from new students
Credits accepted from new students
Brookline College - Albuquerque accepts the following credits:
  • Open admission (school accepts any student who applies)
  • Advanced placement (AP) credits
Programs
Brookline College - Albuquerque program offerings
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Brookline College - AlbuquerqueMedical/Clinical Assistan...Medical Insurance Coding ...Top 10 matching degrees
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Costs
Current Program Costs

Schools report total costs for (up to) their six largest career-oriented programs. You can explore the costs by selecting the "+" symbol for programs that interest you. The average months to complete apply to full-time students. Additionally, if program length is reported in contact hours, then the time literally represents time with an instructor. Alternatively, credit hours approximate instructional time, but are not inclusive of total time spent by students in learning.

The cost details offer you comparisons to the costs of similar programs available in your context group. However, schools offering similar programs often have slightly different times to complete, and therefore we have grouped all programs that are 6 or fewer months, over 6 to 12 months, over 12 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. You can find the other schools offering this program using our school explorer.

You will find the most up-to-date information at this school's website for admissions.

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration (11 Months)
This program is Brookline College - Albuquerque's 3rd largest program. On average, students take 11 months of full-time study to complete the required 60 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$30,000
Context: costs of similar programs
$30,000$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000$30,000
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration (21 Months)
This program is Brookline College - Albuquerque's 4th largest program. On average, students take 21 months of full-time study to complete the required 120 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$60,000
Context: costs of similar programs
$60,000$40,000$50,000$60,000$70,000
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller (9 Months)
This program is Brookline College - Albuquerque's 6th largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 28 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$15,225
Context: costs of similar programs
$15,225$12,000$14,000$16,000$18,000$20,000
Medical/Clinical Assistant (9 Months)
This program is Brookline College - Albuquerque's 1st largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 28 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Medical/Clinical Assistant certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$15,225
Context: costs of similar programs
$15,225$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000$18,000$20,000
Registered Nursing (21 Months)
This program is Brookline College - Albuquerque's 2nd largest program. On average, students take 21 months of full-time study to complete the required 120 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Registered Nursing certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$85,000
Context: costs of similar programs
$85,000$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000$100,000
Registered Nursing (21 Months)
This program is Brookline College - Albuquerque's 5th largest program. On average, students take 21 months of full-time study to complete the required 120 credit hours. This program is being compared to all Registered Nursing certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$49,467
Context: costs of similar programs
$49,467$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000
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Area living cost estimates
The following cost of living estimates apply to this school's largest program and should reflect the cost for an academic year. We would expect that these costs of living estimates would be uniform across programs, and we additionally recommend that you double-check the estimates through a different source. We found that schools have wildly different estimates of living expenses within the same areas.
Expense type
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus with family
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus without family
Off-campus room and board
Amount
$8,806
$8,806
$10,200
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Historic Costs by Program
You can explore the programs and corresponding lengths and costs offered over the past ten years using the drop-down menu below the graph. The programs only appear if they were one of the six largest programs offered that year. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation.
Program and length
Accounting (14 months)
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Net price: the best estimate for the cost to attend
Most schools publish tuition rates that give them room to offer both scholarships and financial aid where applicable. Your best estimate of what might pay is to see what others with similar family incomes have paid. A more tailored and accurate estimate is available at this school's net price calculator.
Understanding net price

With their net price calculators, many colleges and universities give an idea of what merit-based aid might accompany need-based aid. For schools that share such data, we also provide financial aid data in the Finanical Aid sections.

There are some caveats to consider when using the net price estimates:

  • The net price calculation is weighted by this school's proportion of students living on- and off-campus and this school's estimate of off-campus costs, which may cause the net price methodology be a bit inconsistent from school to school.
  • Parental income and student financial aid eligibility is sometimes more complicated than the simple family income number reported here.
  • The net price calculation for all students is inclusive of students who received any institutional or government aid, but at the family income levels the net price only considers the tuition paid by those who qualified for federal aid.

You can get a little better guess at what you would pay by using this school's net price calculator.

Percentage of students receiving any aid
The donut, based on 234 full-time first-time degree seeking students at Brookline College - Albuquerque, shows the percentage of those who received any financial aid (including merit-based scholarships), subdivided by family income.
52%
Aid type and family income
Federal: $0-30K
Federal: $30K-48K
Federal: $48K-75K
Federal: $75K-110K
Federal: Above $110K
Only institutional
Net price by family income
All Incomes
Let's look over the past few years at what freshmen who received any financial aid actually paid for tuition, fees, books, and living expenses on average, and how that compares to the tuition usually paid for other private universities in your context group. Public universities only report net price for in-state students.
20112012201320142015201620172018$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000
Chart explanation
Brookline College - Albuquerque
On the blue curve, we see how the net annual cost to attend Brookline College - Albuquerque has changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the net price for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
Outcomes
Graduation Rate
All of the undergraduate students were full-time and were attending college for the first time. These students had an 8-year graduation rate of about 61% of.
61%
Time to complete
4 years
6 years
8 years
Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect eight-year graduation rates for all degrees earned by full-time students who began as first-time freshmen at the colleges and universities in your chosen context group.
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Are students graduating on time?
Let us tell you all about low graduation rates!

Across the country, graduation rates are surprisingly low. In fact, Forbes Magazine suggests that they are unacceptably low. However, from another point of view, sometimes graduation rates simply reflect the relative preparation of the students who enter. Colleges with a mission to help people coming from less advantaged backgrounds, such as first-generation and low-income students, may have low graduation rates despite relatively strong outcomes for students who face many obstacles to success. Without the context provided in these views of completion rates, it can be tricky to separate predatory schools that take financial advantage of under-prepared students from those that are actively seeking to encourage and help those students.

For the consumer choosing a school, once you have narrowed your list to those schools that you can afford and that seem likely to admit you, consider the outcome measures in this section and choose the specific measures that best describe your plans. Very simply, schools with high graduation rates and high loan repayment rates will likely give you the best opportunity to succeed.

Context: the impact of wealth and transfer status on degree completion
We took a close look lagging success for students with financial need in a case study. Here's a chance to compare schools based on student successes with a better appreciation of how circumstances may impact success. One word of caution: the statistics for some categories may consist of only a handful of students -- see the details by hovering or long-pressing on the bars.
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Full-time first-time students
Percentage with Pell Grants
83%
Years after enrolling.
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Full-time first-time students who received an award within 8 years after enrolling
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Years after leaving school.
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201320142015201620%40%60%80%100%Former students with decreased loan principal
Chart explanation
Brookline College - Albuquerque
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Brookline College - Albuquerque who have successfully reduced their federal school loans by at least $1 by the date shown, which is 7 years after leaving the school.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the loan repayment rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
201420152016201720180%5%10%15%20%25%Former students with loan payment failure
Chart explanation
Brookline College - Albuquerque
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Brookline College - Albuquerque who have defaulted on their federal school loans within 3 years ending on the date shown.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the 3-year loan default rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Loan burden
At Brookline College - Albuquerque, 89% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans, averaging $11,498 each in just the freshman year. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
Context: Percentage of freshmen with federal loans
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Context: Average freshman federal loan amount
$11,498$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000
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Alumni earnings compared to same-aged Americans
The blue curve shows the earnings of this school's alumni -- so a high curve indicates this school is setting its students up for success!
More information about earnings data

How might your earnings compare with other people your age? Opportunity Insights used IRS data to track almost every person born in the US in the years 1980 to 1991, and they ranked the mean (average) 2014 earnings of students who attended Brookline College - Albuquerque in comparison to all people in the US the same age. Although this data is now a little old, the scope of this project was awesome and gives us a glimpse at alumni performance that we cannot find until a new study of this incredible magnitude is performed.

You might notice a little earnings dip at young ages for some of the top bachelor's institutions. This coincides with the years that many alumni may be in graduate school and earning less.

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Chart explanation
Brookline College - Albuquerque
In the blue curve, we see how the average earnings percentile for this school changes as its alumni age as compared to like-aged Americans without regard to their educational background.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of these average alumni earnings percentiles for context schools: dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools and light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Brookline College - Albuquerque equality data is combined with:Brookline College-TucsonBrookline College-PhoenixBrookline College-Tempe
Wealth mobility at Brookline College - Albuquerque
We may wonder if, as a result of attending a given college, we will have a better chance for higher earnings. Opportunity Insights sought to answer this question by following the wealth story of every student for whom income information was available.
Learn more about the mobility study
How does wealth change after attendance?

Opportunity Insights studied groups of all children born in the US in the same year for each birth year from 1980 to 1991. This grouping included every single US child who had a valid SSN or ITIN (tax identification number) and could be linked to parents with non-negative income.

Family Income

The incomes of all families in a birth year group are measured when the child is 15-19 and these incomes are averaged. The calculated incomes from all families in the group were arranged from smallest to largest, and divided into five groups of equal size. On the left of the diagram, you can see the relative distribution of Brookline College - Albuquerque's students between the family income divided into fifths formed by looking at the entire US group.

Individual Student Earnings

In 2014, all people from the same birth year were divided into a new set of five groups that were determined by their individual labor earnings for that year. The students from this birth year who primarily attended Brookline College - Albuquerque between the ages of 19 and 22 were divided into these five groups, and the percent in each group is shown on the right of the diagram.

The diagram lets you see the proportion in each original income group who travel to each earnings group, and provides some insight into the likelihood of financial success after attendance.

If you'd like to understand the nitty gritty details of this interesting data, be sure to check out the well-written Opportunity Insights report by selecting SOURCES under the figure.

Below, we can see the percentage from each initial family wealth group who attend this college, and also the alumni's relative wealth later. Do students entering college from the bottom twenty percent of family income end up making it to a higher level? Do the top twenty percent stay at the top? Follow the colors, left to right, and see for yourself.
$24,300$45,100$72,900$110,300$900$18,500$35,200$55,800Lowest 20%Second-lowestMiddleSecond-highestHighest 20%Highest 20%Second-highestMiddleSecond-lowest Lowest 20%Family IncomeStudent Income
Brookline College - Albuquerque equality data is combined with:Brookline College-TucsonBrookline College-PhoenixBrookline College-Tempe
Classroom Experience
Student attention at Brookline College - Albuquerque
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Brookline College - Albuquerque
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Brookline College - Albuquerque has 39% full-time instructors, and 63% of the context schools have a higher percentage of full-time instructors. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Brookline College - Albuquerque, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
Full-time instructors
39%
Long-term instructors
0%
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Faculty Diversity
Here's an opportunity to explore the faculty's diversity. For many schools, attracting a diverse teaching faculty can be a challenge. It's important to judge their success with the reality check of what their peer schools have accomplished.
Number of full-time instructors
The chart shows male instructors to the left, and female to the right, with the races/origins included along the bars. Select the context graph to see how this diversity profile compares to the schools that interest you.
MultiracialHispanicBlackWhite0246810Men0246810Women
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Campus Safety
Crime at Brookline College - Albuquerque
Check out the number of disciplinary actions (implemented within the school) and arrests (implemented by law enforcement external to the school)
Disciplinary Actions
20190
Liquor Violations
Drug Violations
Weapon Possessions
Arrests
20190
Liquor Violations
Drug Violations
Weapon Possessions
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Context: Disciplinary Actions
Average number of disciplinary violoations at Brookline College - Albuquerque as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%Weapon PossessionsDrug ViolationsLiquor Violations
Context: Arrests
Average number of arrests at Brookline College - Albuquerque as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.02%0.04%0.06%0.08%Weapon PossessionsDrug ViolationsLiquor Violations
Criminal Offenses
20052010201520200123
Burglaries/Robberies
Sex Offenses
Vehicle Thefts
Aggrevated Assaults
Context: Criminal Offenses
Average number of criminal offenses at Brookline College - Albuquerque as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.098%0.098%0.000%0.000%0.000%0.020%0.040%0.060%0.080%0.100%0.120%Aggrevated AssaultsVehicle TheftsSex OffensesBurglaries/Robberies
Housing
No Student Housing Available
This school does not report any housing for students.
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Activities and Services
Special academic opportunities
  • Weekend college
Undergraduate services offered
  • Remedial services
  • Academic/career counseling services
  • Employment services for current students
  • Placement services for program completers
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Programs for Veterans
If you are a veteran, it's worth digging around to find a military-friendly campus. We think this article about how colleges might help veterans might be a good starting point for questions to ask the Admissions office before you choose to attend. It's also good to be aware that many for-profit schools are behaving as predators, hungry for GI Bill dollars. Watching out for those schools is no different for veterans than for all students: judge very critically using our "Student Satisfaction and Success" tab for undergraduate programs. We wish we had the same data to support graduate programs; however, we think the undergraduate data is a good starting point for judging overall quality.
  • Credit for Military Training
  • Dedicated point of contact for support services for veterans, military servicemembers, and their families
  • Member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
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Research
The library is the backbone of academic learning and research

We have no library data for Brookline College - Albuquerque in spite of the fact that about 28.4 of the degrees it awards are bachelor's or higher degrees. It is unusual for a school with this focus to not have library data. In fact, about 90% of the schools that graduate at least 10% of students at the bachelor's or higher level report library information.

In the age of digital resources, a library can offer incredible support even to distance education students. For students on campus, the library is the study and meeting hub for both residential and commuting students. Through the academic libraries, students can freely access resources not available on the internet.

It is difficult to imagine a meaningful bachelor's or graduate degree program that does not require independent research projects from its students. Without academic library resources, those projects could become quite expensive and also much more difficult, because academic librarians are indispensable for guiding students toward appropriate resources for a research project. The greater fear is that a lack of library means that minimal research and outside reading is expected of students. If you're interested in attending Brookline College - Albuquerque, you should ask about their library resources and research expectations, and make sure that you would be receiving the academic challenges and support that you and your future reputation deserve.

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Research funding: the best indicator of post-baccalaureate academic rigor
Any school that reports at least $150,000 in research and development expenditures in a given year should have submitted out the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey to the National Science Foundation (NSF). We did not find HERD data for $Brookline College - Albuquerque, so there would at most modest graduate-level academic scholarship campus-wide.
Student Body
Study Types
About 95% of students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
Full-time
95%
Online classes
0%
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Context: Student body size
Brookline College - Albuquerque enrolled 533 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is near the middle of the context schools.
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Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Brookline College - Albuquerque students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Brookline College - Albuquerque reports that 86% of students are minority, which is more than 99% of the context schools. This school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
Race/Origin
White
Black
Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Asian
American Indian
Multiracial
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Brookline College - Albuquerque.
17%83%0%20%40%60%80%100%MenWomen
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Context: Percentage of women
With 83% women students, Brookline College - Albuquerque has a higher percentage of women than 69% of context schools.
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Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Brookline College - Albuquerque compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
5%14%69%2%8%0%2%0%20%40%60%80%100%Not ReportedInternationalPacific IslanderMultiracialAsianBlackAmerican IndianWhiteHispanic
Freshman residences

A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.

Freshman residence
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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
Age range
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50-64
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