Five Towns College
For-profit College in Dix Hills, NY. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $35,887.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,887 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 58%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $21,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 54% of applicants are offered a place. Only 537 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 43% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 70% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 14% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 533 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,724 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $17,588 at the $0–30k band to $27,724 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $14,720. Federal borrowing reaches 52% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 163 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,588 |
| $30–48k | $20,113 |
| $48–75k | $24,284 |
| $75–110k | $26,744 |
| $110k+ | $27,724 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 279 of these 533 students, totalling $1,360,083 — an average of $4,875 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Suffolk County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)