An innovative mentoring program is boosting school completion rates among Indigenous students.

The RMIT University-linked Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) has had a positive effect on the chances of Indigenous youth finishing school in Melbourne.

New figures show more than 95 per cent of Year 9 Indigenous students who were mentored through the program last year progressed to Year 10.

The data shows almost 82 per cent of RMIT-mentored students completed Year 12 last year – more than 10 per cent above the average completion rate for Indigenous students around Australia (71.8 per cent).

RMIT has been involved in the program since 2010, with 80 Indigenous students mentored at the University last year.

Student AIME volunteers provide 15 one-hour mentoring sessions at RMIT through the "Interactive" program for Year 9 students and "Leadership" program for Year 10 students.

Jedda Atkinson, a Year 12 student mentored through the program, says she planned to study at university next year and hoped to become a broadcast journalist.

“RMIT and AIME have helped me to believe that regardless of who you are and where you come from, anything is possible,” Ms Atkinson said.

“They have taught me to think big and that no matter how impossible your goals may seem, there is always a way to reach them if you are willing to put in the time, determination and hard work.”

AIME CEO, Jack Manning Bancroft, said the organisation aimed to engage 10,000 children a year by 2018.