Private nonprofit · Institute

Indiana Institute of Technology

Fort Wayne, Indiana · Large city

70.4%
Admit rate
$23,206
Avg net price
48%
Graduation rate
$47,327
Median earnings

Indiana Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Fort Wayne, Indiana (large city setting), enrolling 1,441 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 1,441 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 70% admitNAIA Division ICold wintersSnowy

About Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. In 1696, Comte de Frontenac appointed Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, who began visiting Kekionga in 1702, and would later build the original Fort Miami here in the wilderness and pays d'en Haut of New France around 1706; Initially, a small trading outpost. The Embassy Theatre is a 2,471-seat performing arts theater, which hosts over 200,000 patrons annually. Since its founding in 1944, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra has often been hosted at the Embassy. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
1 mile to Fort Wayne, IN
To Great Lakes shore
97 miles
Nearest airport
8 miles to Fort Wayne (FWA)

How Indiana Institute of Technology compares

Selectivity70.4%

More selective than 63% · #9 most selective of 42 in Indiana

Graduation rate48%

Higher than 35% · #29 of 45 in Indiana

First-year retention59%

Higher than 12%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$47,327

Higher than 31% · #34 of 44 in Indiana

Average net price$23,206

Cheaper than 35% · #33 cheapest of 45 in Indiana

Median debt at graduation$26,391

Lower than 20%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 28%

Undergraduate enrollment1,441

Larger than 48%

Percentiles compare Indiana Institute of Technology with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Indiana.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

2,561students
  • Undergraduate1,44156%
  • Graduate1,12044%

Undergraduates by gender

1,441undergrads
  • Women95366%
  • Men48834%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White45%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic8.1%
  • Asian2.0%
  • Other or multiracial30%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,441
Graduate enrollment
1,120
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
35%
First-generation students
53%
Students over 25
2%
Median family income
$14,380
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$83,106
Endowment
$62,393,911

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 443 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Indiana48%
  • Other U.S. states39%
  • International14%

A regional draw: about 47% of first-years come from Indiana, the rest from elsewhere.

14% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
70.4%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$31,361
Room & board
$13,694
Books & supplies
$0
Total cost of attendance
$45,879
Average net price
$23,206

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
48%
Graduated on time (4 years)
35%
First-year retention
59%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$29,717
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$47,327
Median debt at graduation
$26,391
Students with federal loans
69%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

About 13% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
35%
Low-income (Pell)
9%
First-generation
9%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
688
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
48%
Housing charge (year)
$8,773
Meal plan (year)
$4,612
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NAIA Division I
Varsity athletes
1,205 (768 men · 437 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (16)

Track and Field (Indoor)148
Track and Field (Outdoor)148
Soccer111
Baseball98
Wrestling97
Basketball94
Other Sports91
Ice Hockey82
Volleyball72
Bowling67
Lacrosse65
Cross Country37
Softball34
Golf26
Tennis25
Archery10

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
2.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
13
Property offenses (2022–2024)
4

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 14 campuses (2,770 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

5.7reported offenses a year
4.3 violent a year1.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
2.0
Aggravated assault
1.3
Fondling
0.7
Burglary
0.7
Motor vehicle theft
0.7
Robbery
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$19,524
$30–48k
$17,194
$48–75k
$21,077
$75–110k
$27,042
$110k+
$27,828

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$92,895

$21,077/year × about 4.4 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

100%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$16,850
average award, among those who get one

A meaningful share of freshmen — 100% — get grant money from Indiana Institute of Technology itself, averaging $16,850, which softens the sticker price.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 447 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$47,327
Typical debt at graduation
$26,391
Debt vs. one year's pay
56%
Out-earn a HS grad
64%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$42,545
Men
$56,952

Men out-earn women by $14,407 (34%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
84°F
Winter low
18°F
Annual rain
39.5″
Annual snow
33.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, FT Wayne Intl AP, IN US station (8.8 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.