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Fashion Institute of Technology

NY · Public · Large city · 4,326 applicants 2023

58% admit rate $26,838/yr full price
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🎯 Parent/student verdict

Match

Solid match for academically prepared students. Major value play for in-state residents.

✅ Best for

  • In-state residents (tuition ~$6,294 — major value play)
  • Students focused on Visual & Performing Arts (the school's signature program)

🎯 The reality

  • Out-of-state tuition is 2.7× the in-state rate

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
M3: Master's - Smaller Programs
Total enrollment
7,637
5,000 - 9,999
In-state tuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid — common above ~$110K income — pay this, minus any merit scholarships.
$6,294
sticker, before aid
Out-of-state tuition
$16,874
+$10,580 vs in-state

⚠️ Sticker price isn't every family's price. Lower- and middle-income families often pay materially less after grants; higher-income families frequently pay close to sticker unless the college offers merit scholarships. Check the school's own net-price calculator for your number.

Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
57.6%
Moderately selective
Test policyApplicants choose whether to send SAT/ACT scores. At many such colleges, students who submit strong scores are still admitted at higher rates.
Test-optional
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$62,696
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📊 Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$50,102
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$62,696
4-year completionThe share of students who finish a bachelor's in four years. Nationally barely half do — and a fifth year quietly adds a full extra year of cost to the real price.
81%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$12,000

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at Fashion Institute of Technology

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Fashion Institute of Technology actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Visual & Performing Arts
711 degrees · 41.9%
Highly variable. Steady-pay roles cluster in design, illustration, production. Performance careers have very wide income distributions.
2. Business, Management, & Marketing
621 degrees · 36.6%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
3. Communication, Journalism, & Related
275 degrees · 16.2%
Media, PR, marketing communications. Salary spread is wide.
4. Family & Consumer Sciences
69 degrees · 4.1%
Nutrition, dietetics, child & family services, hospitality.
5. Communications Technologies
21 degrees · 1.2%
Broadcast tech, sound engineering, AV production.

💼 What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Fashion Institute of Technology's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Apparel and Textiles. Bachelor's Degree 56 $40,463 $71,139
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations. Bachelor's Degree 445 $42,717 $70,727
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. Bachelor's Degree 254 $36,849 $69,954
Marketing. Bachelor's Degree 148 $37,663 $67,002
Design and Applied Arts. Bachelor's Degree 592 $27,023 $60,882
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management. Bachelor's Degree 16 $27,941 $53,710
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. Bachelor's Degree 19 $24,387 $49,627
Fine and Studio Arts. Bachelor's Degree 37 $23,428 $39,930

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

📈 Student body & economic mobility

Who attends here — and what the campus adds.

Opportunity Insights data. Why it matters even if you're full-pay: a high mobility rate means the campus itself confers earnings power — the outcomes aren't just selection effects.

Top-1% access
1.8%
from top-1% households
Mobility rateThe share of ALL students who arrived from the bottom 20% of family incomes AND reached the top 20% themselves by their early 30s — access and lift in one number, and a sign the campus itself adds earnings power.
3.6%
bottom 20% → top 20% by age 32
Upward rate
28.4%
of lower-income students who reach the top 20%
Pell recipientsStudents receiving federal Pell grants, which go to lower- and middle-income families — the standard shorthand for a college's economic mix.
32%
on federal need grants — context for these numbers

Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →

Alternatives to Fashion Institute of Technology

Matched not just by selectivity, but by strategic goal — what a family actually decides on.

🏆 Better merit-aid options
These similar-selectivity schools publish merit scholarships your family can plan around — your kid’s stats could unlock real scholarship dollars.
University of South Carolina-Columbia
SC · Public
8 stats-based + 3 competitive scholarships
Middle Tennessee State University
TN · Public
4 stats-based merit scholarships
Auburn University
AL · Public
3 stats-based merit scholarships
💰 Lower full price
Similar selectivity, but a meaningfully lower full sticker price — the comparison that matters most for families who won't qualify for much need-based aid.
CUNY Hunter College
NY · Public
$13,905/yr full price (in-state) · $12,933 less before aid
CUNY Lehman College
NY · Public
$14,121/yr full price (in-state) · $12,717 less before aid
CUNY Brooklyn College
NY · Public
$14,151/yr full price (in-state) · $12,687 less before aid
🛡️ Safer in-state options
Same state and similar selectivity, but with a more forgiving admit rate — useful safety / match anchors.
CUNY Queens College
NY · Public
68% admit rate (vs 58% here)
Farmingdale State College
NY · Public
69% admit rate (vs 58% here)
University at Buffalo
NY · Public
69% admit rate (vs 58% here)
🚀 Stronger campus value-add
Per Opportunity Insights, these campuses add more earnings power to the students they enroll than Fashion Institute of Technology does — a quality signal, not a cost play.
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
NY · Public
12.9% mobility rate (vs 3.6% here)
CUNY City College
NY · Public
11.7% mobility rate (vs 3.6% here)
CUNY Lehman College
NY · Public
10.2% mobility rate (vs 3.6% here)

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