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Five Towns College is a for-profit located in Dix Hills, New York. Five Towns College is selective in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at Five Towns College is in the bottom 25% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $43,921 10 years after enrolling, 107th in New York, and in the bottom 50% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Five Towns College bachelor students earn 25% less than the national average.
Five Towns College’s median net annual cost of $22,769 and average years to graduate of 4.2 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 1 programs at Five Towns College sorted by number of graduates - Business Administration - are shown below.
Annual net cost
$22,769
Average years to graduate
4.2
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.2 years. 49% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at Five Towns College is 17% lower than the state average, and 16% below the average for all special focus four-year: arts, music & design schools in the country.
At Five Towns College, Pell Grant recipients represent 48% of the measured graduating class, 13% higher than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Five Towns College graduates within 4.2 years.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Five Towns College’s economic mobility score of 19.86 is calculated by adjusting the 4.37 economic score of lower-income students by the 48% pell grant recipients within the student body. Five Towns College’s EMS of 19.86 ranks in the top 50% nationally. Please note that the economic mobility score considers only students that have graduated.
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
Top 50%
The average Title IV recipient at Five Towns College pays $22,769 a year, $21,676 less than the $44,445 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $22,769
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Five Towns College, 100% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $22,769 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 56% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $5,188. This is 2% more than the national average.
Federal grants
$4,931
Pell grants
$4,914
State grants
$7,517
Institutional grants
$11,242
Five Towns College's selective admissions are indicated by their 46% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 474 applicants, of which 217 were admitted and 106 enrolled. Five Towns College has a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed as they arrive until all spaces are filled.
While Five Towns College has a recommended testing policy, their average test scores are not made public.
Full time
96%
83%
Female
29%
59%
First time
67%
59%
In-state
87%
68%
1st generation
32%
35%
White
50%
52%
Black
18%
14%
Hispanic
16%
15%
Asian
2%
5%
American Indian
1%
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
13%
12%