Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
Flushing, NY · Private · Large city · VCAT
Private institution in Flushing, NY · 1,104 undergraduates · $64,973 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 15%Pell Grant share
- Top 19%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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
- $39,7231,900th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $28,8501,311th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $28,8501,203rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $47,1741,391st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,125784th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $64,973378th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,890601st highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 39.9%1,514th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 67.7%1,340th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,1041,308th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,158th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 52.5%324th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 1 mi (LGA)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $40
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $75,204 | $56,415 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansEngineering Technology | bachelors | $59,350 | $61,516 |
| Electrical Engineering Technologies/TechniciansEngineering Technology | bachelors | $55,964 | $53,358 |
| Air TransportationTransportation | bachelors | $46,673 | $39,523 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair TechnologiesMechanic & Repair Technologies | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 4 sports
USCAA · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology’s 1,104 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NY
- Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY · 1,099 undergrads
- Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, NY · 1,083 undergrads
- LIM CollegeNew York, NY · 1,133 undergrads
- Russell Sage CollegeTroy, NY · 1,075 undergrads
- Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, NY · 1,065 undergrads
- St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, NY · 1,009 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Edgewood CollegeMadison, WI · 1,104 undergrads
- Emory & Henry UniversityEmory, VA · 1,107 undergrads
- Dickinson State UniversityDickinson, ND · 1,108 undergrads
- McMurry UniversityAbilene, TX · 1,108 undergrads
- Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, OH · 1,100 undergrads
- Our Lady of the Lake UniversitySan Antonio, TX · 1,110 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitevaughn.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 188340)
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- Compare with Hartwick CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
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