Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY · Public · Large city · FIT
Public institution in New York, NY · 7,575 undergraduates · 58% acceptance rate · $62,696 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 8%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 9%Median graduate debt
- Top 11%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 14%Full-time retention
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $22,0241,273rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,170217th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $16,750645th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $29,732929th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $12,000167th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $62,696446th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $50,102531st highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 83.3%160th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 89.3%264th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 57.6%356th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 7,575336th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 17.0:11,581st smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 32.3%1,072nd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 7 mi (LGA)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 10 of 10 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| MarketingBusiness | bachelors | $44,995 | $41,689 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $44,511 | $45,889 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCommunications | bachelors | $42,185 | $42,458 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $41,937 | $34,526 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $41,546 | $41,076 |
| Apparel and TextilesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | $40,253 | $43,638 |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $37,208 | — |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $26,933 | $22,329 |
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | $21,508 | $14,627 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 5 sports
NJCAA Division III · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships not allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport. Athletic scholarships are not allowed by association rule; non-athletic merit or need-based aid may still be available.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Fashion Institute of Technology’s 7,575 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NY
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · 7,725 undergrads
- Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, NY · 7,046 undergrads
- The New SchoolNew York, NY · 6,819 undergrads
- University of RochesterRochester, NY · 6,488 undergrads
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · 8,899 undergrads
- Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY · 6,155 undergrads
Elsewhere
- American UniversityWashington, DC · 7,593 undergrads
- University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, IA · 7,599 undergrads
- Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, CO · 7,604 undergrads
- University of ChicagoChicago, IL · 7,540 undergrads
- University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, WI · 7,613 undergrads
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, FL · 7,535 undergrads
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