DigiPen Institute of Technology Overview

DigiPen Institute of Technology is a private for-profit institution situated in Redmond, Washington. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is DigiPen Institute of Technology Known For?

• Digipen has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The 2% student loan default rate at Digipen is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Digipen.
• In 2019-2020, 54% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Digipen bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $89,916 a year. That's about 120% more than their peers at other schools.

DigiPen Institute of Technology Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Digipen.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Computer Programming Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Computer Programming Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Most Popular Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Value Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Most Popular Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Most Popular Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Digipen has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best App Specific Computer Programming Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for App Specific Computer Programming	College Factual
#1	Best App Specific Computer Programming Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#1	Highest Paid Computer & Information Sciences Graduates	College Factual
#1	Highest Paid Computer Programming Graduates	College Factual
#5	Best Computer Science Schools	Computer Science Degree

Where Is DigiPen Institute of Technology?

Contact details for Digipen are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9931 Willows Rd Ne, Redmond, WA 98052
Phone:	425-558-0299
Website:	www.digipen.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/digipen.edu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/DigiPenNews

How Do I Get Into Digipen?

You can apply to Digipen online at: https://connect.digipen.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Digipen

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Digipen?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Digipen. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 38%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 75% of accepted students are men and 25% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 40%, and the acceptance rate for women is 33%.

Average Test Scores

About 85% of students accepted to Digipen submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 660. Math scores were between 560 and 680.

Digipen received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 32. Composite scores were between 24 and 32.

Can I Afford DigiPen Institute of Technology?

The overall average net price of Digipen is $43,758. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Digipen, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $13,941 a year. That adds up to $55,764 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Digipen is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

DigiPen Institute of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,061 undergraduate students at Digipen, with 979 being full-time and 82 being part-time.

There are also 59 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 979 full-time undergraduates at Digipen, 74% are male and 26% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of DigiPen Institute of Technology students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	88
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	75
White	552
International Students	113
Other Races/Ethnicities	134

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at DigiPen Institute of Technology. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 38 countries are represented at Digipen. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Singapore, South Korea, and China.

Online Learning at DigiPen Institute of Technology

In 2019-2020, 1,120 students took at least one online class at the school.

DigiPen Institute of Technology Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Computer Programming	64	24	88
Graphic Communications	62	8	70
Human Computer Interaction	41	0	41
Computer Software & Applications	24	0	24
Computer Engineering	13	0	13
Music	7	0	7
TOTAL	211	32	243

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.