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Our Mission Our Impact 2018–19 Our Mission Our Impact 2018–19 The American Indian College Fund Number of scholarships distributed = 5,661 invests in Native students and tribal college education to transform lives Number of students served = and communities. 3,900 Percentage of scholarship recipients that were first- generation students = 41% Number of colleges and universities our scholars attended = 179 33c 33 33b 33e 174 Where Our Scholars Study 173 33a 17b 175 13 33d 172 106 18 12 27 149 17a 17 15 33f 108 15a 132 24 135 10 73 103 25 25c 92 95 25a 25d 11 9 134 8 6 88 87 5 150 107 25b 28 176 5a 6a 5d 105 133 94 97 179 104 26 35c 114 16 35b 145 35 5c 26a 32 98 177 83 156 26b 35a 99 34 84 30j 30d 160 93 125 159 31a 157 91 5b 85 30i 30 96 34a 7 153 30c 31 161 126 48 72 30f 30h 30a 158 155 86 69 30b 30e 31b 30g 162 19b 89 127 20a 178 90 170 20b 74 113 19a 19 152 20 75 169 20c 112 151 54 110 109 49 171 53 111 51 61 58 66 52 60 67 65 168 62 68 4 76 78 47 64 63 77 102 57 130 22b 101 129 2c 120 50 38 2 128 41 2a 138 2d 22a 21 131 56 2e 22 117 142 144 2b 121 145 148 44 46 39 23 140 45 42 123 139 29 137 55 37 40 115 141 154 122 116 147 146 143 59 118 136 71 70 43 1 3 119 124 79 163 100 36 165 80 166 82 164 81 167 TCUs TCU Satellite Campuses Traditional Colleges and Universities Tribal Colleges and Universities Alaska 10 Red Lake Nation College, Red Lake 23 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, 30i Rapid City 1 Ilisagvik College, Barrow 11 White Earth Tribal and Community College, Albuquerque 30j Wanblee Arizona Mahnomen North Dakota 31 Sinte Gleska University, Mission** Dine College, Tsaile* 31a Lower Brule 2 Montana 24 Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Chinle 31b Marty 2a 12 Aaniiih Nakoda College, Harlem Fort Totten Crownpoint, New Mexico 32 Sisseton Wahpeton College, Sisseton 2b 13 Blackfeet Community College, Browning 25 Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, New Town* Shiprock, New Mexico 2c 14 Chief Dull Knife College, Lame Deer 25a Mandaree Washington 2d Tuba City 15 Fort Peck Community College, Poplar 25b Parshall 33 Northwest Indian College, Bellingham* Window Rock 2e 15a Wolf Point 25c Twin Buttes 33a Auburn Tohono O’odham Community College, Sells 3 16 Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency 25d White Shield 33b Kingston Kansas 17 Salish Kootenai College, Pablo* 26 Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates** 33c La Conner Toppenish, Wash. McLaughlin, S.D. 4 Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence* 17a 26a 33d Olympia 17b Yakama, Wash. 26b Mobridge, S.D. Tulalip Michigan 33e 18 Stone Child College, Box Elder 27 Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt* 33f Lapwai, Idaho 5 Bay Mills Community College, Brimley United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck* Nebraska 28 5a L’Anse Wisconsin Oklahoma 5b Manistee 19 Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago 34 College of Menominee Nation, Keshena* Petoskey 19a HoChunk Village 29 College of the Muscogee Nation, Okmulgee 5c 34a Green Bay* 5d Sault Ste. Marie 19b Sioux City, Iowa South Dakota 35 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, 20 Nebraska Indian Community College, Macy 6 30 Oglala Lakota College, Kyle** College, Hayward Baraga 20a Niobrara 30a Allen 35a Hertel L’Anse 20b South Sioux City 6a 30b Batesland 35b Lac du Flambeau Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, 20c Walthill 7 30c Eagle Butte 35c Washburn Mount Pleasant New Mexico 30d Manderson Minnesota 21 Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe** 30e Martin 8 Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College, 22 Navajo Technical University, Crownpoint** 30f Oglala * TCUs offering bachelor’s degrees. Cloquet 22a Chinle, Ariz. 30g Pine Ridge ** TCUs offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. 9 Leech Lake Tribal College, Cass Lake 22b Teec Nos Pos, Ariz. 30h Porcupine All other TCUs offer associate degrees. American Indian College Fund 33c 33 33b 33e 174 173 33a 175 13 33d 17b 106 172 12 18 27 California Minnesota North Dakota 149 17a 17 15 15a 132 24 10 33f 108 135 46 Chapman University, Orange 91 Augsburg College, Minneapolis 132 Minot State University, Minot 73 103 25 25c 92 95 25a 25d 11 9 47 College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita 92 Bemidji State University, Bemidji 133 North Dakota State University, Fargo 134 8 6 88 87 5 150 107 25b 28 176 5a 6a 5d 48 Humboldt State University, Arcata 93 Concordia University - St. Paul, Saint Paul 134 University of Mary, Bismarck 105 133 94 97 179 104 26 35c 114 49 Mills College, Oakland 94 Minnesota State University - Moorhead, 135 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 16 35b 145 35 5c 50 Pepperdine University, Malibu Moorhead 26a 32 98 177 83 Oklahoma 156 26b 35a 34 51 San Francisco State University, San Francisco 95 Northwest Technical College - MN, Bemidji 30j 160 99 84 136 Eastern Oklahoma State College, Wilburton 159 30d 91 93 5b 125 85 52 Stanford University, Stanford 96 St. Catherine University, Saint Paul 31a 157 96 137 Northeastern State University, Tahlequah 30i 30 34a 7 153 University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley 97 University of Minnesota - Duluth, Duluth 30c 31 161 126 53 Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva 48 72 30f 30h 30a 158 155 86 69 University of Minnesota - Morris, Morris 138 30b 30e 54 University of California - Davis, Davis 98 30g 31b 162 19b 89 139 Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee 20a 178 127 55 University of California - Irvine, Irvine 99 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 20b 74 90 140 Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City 170 19a 56 University of California - Los Angeles, Los Minneapolis 113 19 152 141 Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City 20c 112 20 75 Angeles 169 151 Mississippi Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, 54 171 110 109 University of California - Santa Barbara, Santa 142 49 57 100 University of Southern Mississippi, Stillwater 53 111 Barbara 51 61 Hattiesburg Oklahoma State University Institute of University of San Francisco, San Francisco 143 58 66 58 Technology, Okmulgee 60 Whittier College, Whittier Missouri 52 67 65 59 Oklahoma State University Tulsa, Tulsa 168 68 4 101 Missouri Southern State University, Joplin 144 62 Colorado University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond 76 78 Missouri University of Science & Technology, 145 63 102 47 64 60 Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction Rolla 146 University of Oklahoma, Norman 77 102 57 130 61 Colorado State University - Ft. Collins, Fort 147 University of Oklahoma Health Sciences 22b 101 129 Montana 2c 120 Collins Center, Oklahoma City 50 38 2 128 41 2a 138 62 Colorado State University - Global, Greenwood 103 Carroll College, Helena 148 University of Tulsa, Tulsa 2d 22a 21 131 56 2e 22 117 142 144 Village 104 Montana State University - Billings, Billings 2b 121 140 145 148 44 Oregon 46 42 39 123 23 45 63 Colorado State University- Pueblo, Pueblo 105 Montana State University - Bozeman, 141 139 29 137 149 Corban University, Salem 55 37 40 115 154 64 Fort Lewis College, Durango Bozeman 122 147 143 University of Oregon, Eugene 59 116 146 Montana State University - Northern, Havre 150 118 136 71 65 Regis University, Denver 106 70 66 University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder 107 Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Pennsylvania Butte 43 67 University of Colorado - Denver|Anschutz 151 Arcadia University, Glenside 1 3 119 124 Medical Campus, Denver 108 University of Montana - Missoula, Missoula Pennsylvania State University, University Park 79 152 68 University of Denver, Denver 163 Nebraska Rhode Island 100 Connecticut Bellevue University (Nebraska), Bellevue 109 153 Brown University, Providence 36 165 69 Yale University, New Haven 110 Northeast Community College, Norfolk 80 South Carolina 111 University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln 166 82 Georgia Clemson University, Clemson 112 Wayne State College, Wayne 154 164 81 Georgia College and State University, 167 70 South Dakota Milledgeville Nevada 155 Augustana University, Sioux Falls 71 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 113 University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas 156 Black Hills State University, Spearfish - Georgia, Suwanee New Hampshire 157 Dakota State University, Madison Idaho Dartmouth College, Hanover 114 158 Mitchell Technical Institute, Mitchell Idaho State University, Pocatello 72 New Mexico 159 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 73 Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston Rapid City 115 Central New Mexico Community College, Iowa Albuquerque 160 South Dakota State University, Brookings 161 University Center - South Dakota, Sioux Falls Traditional Colleges 74 Briar Cliff University, Sioux City 116 Eastern New Mexico University-Portales, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 75 University of Iowa, Iowa City Portales 162 and Universities New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas Kansas 117 Texas New Mexico Institute of Mining and In addition to providing financial 118 163 Tarrant County College, Fort Worth 76 Baker University, KS, Baldwin City Technology, Socorro 164 Texas State University, San Marcos and programmatic support for 35 77 Friends University, Wichita New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, Las 119 165 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton TCUs, the American Indian College 78 University of Kansas, Lawrence Cruces 166 University of Texas at Austin, Austin Louisiana 120 San Juan College, Farmington Fund provides students with 167 University of Texas at San Antonio, San 121 Southwestern College, Santa Fe scholarships at traditional colleges 79 Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier Antonio City 122 University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, Albuquerque Utah and universities. 80 Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge 123 University of New Mexico-Gallup, Gallup 168 Southern Utah University,
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