College · Private nonprofit · Old Westbury, NY · Rural
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate81%
6-yr median pay$53k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size3,440
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $53k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 81% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1311 · ACT 28.
If you get in
3,440 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $57k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$228k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$90k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$138k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $46.6k
- Room & board
- $27.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,512
How students pay for it.
Pell grants45%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans45%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
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 retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr59%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$53k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$70k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out28%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 3,440
- Location
- Old Westbury, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- New York Tech
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Asian29%
- Hispanic24%
- White20%
- Black12%
- International8%
- Unknown3%
- Two or more races3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students33%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$39k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.