NYIT Facts

University Snapshot

  • U.S. campuses: Old Westbury and Manhattan, N.Y.
  • Sites and worldwide campus: Central Islip, N.Y.; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Manama, Bahrain; Nanjing, Jiangxi, Shanghai, China; Vancouver, Canada; Amman, Jordan; Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 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.
  • American Culinary Federation Accrediting Commission
  • American Osteopathic Association
  • The American Dietetic Association
  • Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
  • Council for Interior Design Accreditation
  • National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc.
  • The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association
  • National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

NYIT Schools and Colleges

  • School of Architecture and Design
  • School of Education
  • School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
  • School of Health Professions, Behavioral, and Life Sciences
  • School of Management
  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • Ellis College of NYIT
  • New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) of NYIT

Enrollment (Worldwide, Fall 2007)

  • Total undergraduate and graduate: 15,000

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 2005-2006 year)

  • Percent of students receiving any financial aid: 89%
  • Average aid package: $15,981 

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) 

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)
  • 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.
 

Libraries (U.S. locations)

  • Books and other printed materials: 167,079
  • E-books and online databases: 12,243
  • Audiovisual materials: 43,860
  • Current serial subscriptions: 1,245
  • Microforms: 805,357

Technology

  • Dedicated videoconferencing rooms
  • Distance learning facilities
  • Open-access facilities
  • PCs and laptops available in libraries
  • Teaching computer labs
  • Technology-enhanced classrooms
  • Wireless network capabilities in all student areas 

Employees

(Domestic only, fall 2007, based on most recent federal IPEDS data)

    Faculty
  • Full-time: 300
  • Part-time: 792
    Staff
  • Full-time: 668
  • Part-time: 165
  • Graduate assistants: 150 

Graduation Statistics

(All locations, domestic and global, for 2006-2007; based on most recent federal IPEDS data)

  • Associates: 40
  • Bachelor's: 1,389
  • Master's: 1,519
  • Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: 285
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy: 31
  • Certificates: 16

Alumni Worldwide

  • Alumni: 77,000
  • Alumni donors: 16% (of those graduates successfully contacted)

SAT Scores

(25 percent of incoming 2007 freshmen scored at or above)

  • Math 630
  • Critical reading 580 

Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)

  • Air Force ROTC
  • Army ROTC