- The Inkwell
- Washington
- DigiPen Institute of Technology
Redmond, WACity: smallZIP 98052Founded 1988
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1988
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2003
- Website
- www.digipen.edu
WashingtonPrivate for-profit
DigiPen Institute of Technology
DigiPen Institute of Technology is a private for-profit institute in Redmond, Washington, with 995 undergraduates. It admits 64% of applicants, graduates 63% within six years and costs $42,428 a year after aid.
63%graduate
Admission rate64%
Retention76%
4-year graduation47%
Pell Grant share29%
Federal loans43%
$42,428net price / year
64%admission rate
1297average SAT
63%graduate in 6 years
$80,038median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#208 of 1,704 for earnings#1,682 of 1,739 for lowest net price#561 of 1,738 for graduation rate#448 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $59,680tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $40,070
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $40,070
- Average net price
- $42,428national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$31,259
$30,001–48,000$30,858
$48,001–75,000$41,330
$75,001–110,000$43,037
$110,001+$51,531
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 64%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1297
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 590–700
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 560–700
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college64%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college76%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college63%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college29%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 63%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 47%
- First-year retention
- 76%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 57%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $67,931
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $80,038middle 50%: $42,383–$135,889
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$135,889
Median, DigiPen Institute of Technology$80,038
Lower quarter$42,383
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 995
- Part-time
- 9.0%
- Women / men
- 33% / 67%
- Average age at entry
- 21.3
- First-generation students
- 17%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 49%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,167 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,848
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White54%
Hispanic9.8%
Black3.0%
Asian12%
Two or more races9.4%
U.S. nonresident9.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown2.1%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Computer & information sciences43%
Communications technologies35%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies14%
Visual & performing arts5.2%
Engineering2.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 443410. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1027869.