Match #1
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Cloquet, MN
Profile closeness76/100
Admit rate—
- 557 students
- Public
- Town: Fringe
- Graduation rate 23%, close to 23%
- Same Carnegie classification
The colleges most similar to Red Lake Nation College are Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Leech Lake Tribal College, and Sitting Bull College. Red Lake Nation College has an average net price of $6,366 a year; 6 of its 10 alternatives cost less, in the CollegesRef 2026–27 edition.
Profile closeness (0–100) compares graduation rate, size, admit rate, net price, Carnegie class, and control with Red Lake Nation College. The order also uses CollegesRef matching tiers, so a later match can score higher. Admit-rate bars use a 0–100% scale.
Top 10 alternatives to Red Lake Nation College
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Match #2
Leech Lake Tribal College
Cass Lake, MN
Profile closeness75/100
Admit rate—
- 197 students
- Public
- Rural: Distant
- Graduation rate 27%, close to 23%
- Same Carnegie classification
Match #3
Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, ND
Profile closeness80/100
Admit rate—
- 257 students
- Public
- Rural: Remote
- Graduation rate 20%, close to 23%
- Enrollment 257 students, close to 332
Match #4
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
New Town, ND
Profile closeness76/100
Admit rate—
- 161 students
- Public
- Rural: Remote
- Graduation rate 25%, close to 23%
- Average net price $3,497, close to $6,366
Match #5
Sisseton Wahpeton College
Sisseton, SD
Profile closeness71/100
Admit rate—
- 194 students
- Public
- Rural: Remote
- Same Carnegie classification
- Same control type (public)
Match #6
Sinte Gleska University
Mission, SD
Profile closeness69/100
Admit rate—
- 487 students
- Public
- Rural: Remote
- Enrollment 487 students, close to 332
- Average net price $4,047, close to $6,366
Match #7
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
Fort Totten, ND
Profile closeness61/100
Admit rate—
- 222 students
- Public
- Rural: Distant
- Enrollment 222 students, close to 332
- Same Carnegie classification
Match #8
Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD
Profile closeness58/100
Admit rate—
- 1,097 students
- Public
- Rural: Remote
- Same Carnegie classification
- Same control type (public)
Match #9
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College
Hayward, WI
Profile closeness49/100
Admit rate—
- 176 students
- Public
- Rural: Distant
- Average net price $3,435, close to $6,366
- Same Carnegie classification
Match #10
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Santa Fe, NM
Profile closeness81/100
Admit rate97%
- 334 students
- Public
- Rural: Fringe
- Graduation rate 18%, close to 23%
- Enrollment 334 students, close to 332
Questions about Red Lake Nation College alternatives
What colleges are similar to Red Lake Nation College?
The closest matches to Red Lake Nation College are Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Leech Lake Tribal College, Sitting Bull College, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, and Sisseton Wahpeton College. CollegesRef ranks them on admissions, cost, graduation rate, size, and campus profile using IPEDS and College Scorecard data.
Which Red Lake Nation College alternatives cost less?
6 of the 10 closest alternatives have a lower average net price than Red Lake Nation College ($6,366 a year), including Oglala Lakota College ($1,431), Sitting Bull College ($2,278), and Sisseton Wahpeton College ($3,110). Net price is what first-time, full-time students paid after grants; your own price depends on family income.
