University Snapshot

• U.S. campuses: Old Westbury and Manhattan, N.Y.
• Global campuses: Abu Dhabi, UAE; Amman, Jordan; Manama, Bahrain; Nanjing, China; Vancouver, Canada
• Sites and global campuses: Central Islip, N.Y.; Jiangxi, Shanghai, China
• President: Edward Guiliano, Ph.D.
• Founded: 1955
• Institution type: Private, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational
• Colors: Blue and gold
• Nickname: Bears
• Athletic conference affiliations: NCAA I and II, ECAC I and II

Mission Statement

• To provide career-oriented professional education
• To offer access to opportunity to all qualified students
• To support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world

Accreditation

NYIT is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and: 

• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
• Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
• American Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission
• American Osteopathic Association
• Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• Council for Interior Design Accreditation
• National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc.
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association
• The American Dietetic Association

NYIT Schools and Colleges

• School of Architecture and Design
• School of Education
• School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
• School of Health Professions
• School of Management
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM)

Enrollment (Worldwide, Summer 2011)

• Total undergraduate and graduate: 14,000

Ethnicity of Undergraduates

(U.S. locations only)

• American Indian or Alaskan Native: less than 1%
• Asian or Pacific Islander: 9%
• Hispanic: 9%
• African-American: 12%
• White/non-Hispanic: 37%
• Nonresident aliens: 6%
• Race/ethnicity unknown/unspecified: 27%

Financial Aid

(Full-time undergraduate for 2009-2010 year)

• Percent of students receiving any financial aid: 89%
  

Student-Run Businesses

• Advertising agency
• Health care centers
• Newspapers
• Public relations agency
• Radio station
• Television station 

Honor Societies

• Alpha Epsilon Rho (communication arts and broadcasting)
• Chi Alpha Chi (culinary arts)
• Delta Mu Delta (business)
• Golden Key International Honour Society
• Phi Eta Epsilon (occupational therapy)
• Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society
• Psi Chi (psychology)
• Tau Alpha Pi (engineering and technology)
• Tau Sigma Delta (architecture)
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon (computer science) 

NCAA Athletic Teams

• Baseball (NCAA Division I)
• Men's and women's basketball (NCAA Division II)
• Men's and women's cross country (NCAA Division II)
• Men's lacrosse (NCAA Division II)
• Men's and women's soccer (NCAA Division II)
• Softball (NCAA Division II)
• Men's and women's tennis (NCAA Division II)
• Women's volleyball (NCAA Division II)

Internships

NYIT student internships have resulted in real-world career experiences for thousands of students. NYIT students are regularly placed in leading industry corporations and organizations such as Disney, CBS, General Electric, Merrill Lynch, Bovis Architects, Pepsico, Eats Magazine, Bertelsman Inc., The Rights Group, the United Nations, Ernst & Young, National Grid, JP Morgan Chase, Shearman and Sterling, Verizon, Paragon Engineering Services, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
 

Alumni Worldwide

• Alumni: 89,000