Private nonprofit · Institute

Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies

Fort Wayne, Indiana · Large city

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Admit rate: $20,473
Avg net price: 28%
Graduation rate: $47,327
Median earnings

Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Fort Wayne, Indiana (large city setting), enrolling 2,686 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitMidsize · 2,686 undergradsLarge cityCold 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: Bachelor's
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-College of Professional Studies compares

Graduation rate28%

Higher than 10% · #42 of 45 in Indiana

First-year retention55%

Higher than 9%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$47,327

Higher than 31% · #34 of 44 in Indiana

Average net price$20,473

Cheaper than 48% · #25 cheapest of 45 in Indiana

Median debt at graduation$26,391

Lower than 20%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 59%

Undergraduate enrollment2,686

Larger than 66%

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

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women1,77566%
Men91134%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White51%
Black30%
Hispanic7.9%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial10%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 2,686
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 55%
First-generation students: 53%
Students over 25: 82%
Median family income: $14,380
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $85,824
Endowment: $103,503,218

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 516 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Indiana72%
Other U.S. states28%

Most first-years stay in state — Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies draws overwhelmingly from Indiana.

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.

Cost

In-state tuition: $9,896
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: $26,033
Average net price: $20,473

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years): 28%
Graduated on time (4 years): 18%
First-year retention: 55%
Transferred to another college: 4%
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: 59%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

18%

Low-income (Pell)

First-generation

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: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$20,035

$30–48k

$20,802

$48–75k

$20,097

$75–110k

$22,271

$110k+

$24,557

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.

Family income

Est. total to a degree

$90,734

$20,097/year × about 4.5 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.

24%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,694

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 24% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,694. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

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 143 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

Average precipitation (inches)

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

What Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies graduates study — and earn

Business Administration, Management and Operations

149 grads$54k 1 yr$59k 5 yr$39k debt

149$53,894$58,991$38,629 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

39 grads$43k 1 yr$53k 5 yr$35k debt

39$43,104$53,005$34,791 Criminal Justice and Corrections

38 grads$37k 1 yr$44k 5 yr$36k debt

38$36,510$43,633$35,511 Human Resources Management and ServicesCert.

36 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

36———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

34 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

34———Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

26 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

26———Non-Professional Legal StudiesCert.

22 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

22———Human Services, General

19 grads$40k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$48k debt

19$40,180$42,694$47,683 Accounting and Related Services

19 grads$62k 1 yr$56k 5 yr$29k debt

19$62,287$56,213$29,048 Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other

14 grads— 1 yr$75k 5 yr$30k debt

14—$75,090$29,700 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

13 grads$30k 1 yr— 5 yr$38k debt

13$29,654—$38,348 Psychology, General

12 grads$36k 1 yr— 5 yr$34k debt

12$36,111—$33,611

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.