College · Private for-profit · Redmond, WA · City
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Redmond, WA
Admit rate64%
6-yr median pay$59k
Net price / yr$44k
Undergrad size995
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $44k/yr for a shot at a $59k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 64% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1297 · ACT 28.
If you get in
995 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $56k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $44k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$222k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$178k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$45k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $39.0k
- Room & board
- $19.5k
- Books & supplies
- $2,715
How students pay for it.
Pell grants22%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans43%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention75%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr61%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$59k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$80k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 995
- Location
- Redmond, WA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Also known as
- DIT · DigiPen
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White54%
- Asian12%
- Hispanic10%
- Two or more races9%
- International9%
- Black3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students17%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time9%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$61k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 7
What you can study.