Fashion Institute of Technology Overview

Fashion Institute of Technology is a public institution situated in New York, New York. New York is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Fashion Institute of Technology Known For?

• The student loan default rate at FIT SUNY is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at FIT SUNY.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from FIT SUNY makes roughly $59,652 a year. This is 46% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Fashion Institute of Technology?

Contact details for FIT SUNY are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	227 W 27Th St, New York, NY 10001-5992
Phone:	212-217-7999
Website:	www.fitnyc.edu

How Do I Get Into FIT SUNY?

You can apply to FIT SUNY online at: https://www.suny.edu/applysuny

Admission Requirements for FIT SUNY

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into FIT SUNY?

FIT SUNY has an acceptance rate of 52%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 15% of accepted students are men and 85% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 47%, and the acceptance rate for women is 52%.

Can I Afford Fashion Institute of Technology?

The overall average net price of FIT SUNY is $35,259. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At FIT SUNY, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $7,077 a year. That adds up to $28,308 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at FIT SUNY is 1.2%. 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.

Fashion Institute of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,908 undergraduate students at FIT SUNY, with 6,875 being full-time and 1,033 being part-time.

There are also 242 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,875 full-time undergraduates at FIT SUNY, 16% are male and 84% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	891
Black or African American	540
Hispanic or Latino	1,517
White	2,798
International Students	768
Other Races/Ethnicities	361

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Fashion Institute of Technology. At this time, 38 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 90 countries are represented at FIT SUNY. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and India.

Online Learning at Fashion Institute of Technology

In 2020-2021, 3,198 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at FIT SUNY has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of FIT SUNY

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Fashion Institute of Technology was 933.0%. This is the #115 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at FIT SUNY regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.