Island Drafting
and Technical Institute
For-profit College in Amityville, NY. Six-year graduation rate 96%. Median 10-year earnings $62,379.
Ten-year median earnings of $62,379 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 96% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 96% — well above the national average
Academics
A 96% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 53, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 53 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,656 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $20,324 at $0–30k versus $31,133 at $110k+. About 81% get grants averaging $10,179, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 68% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 19 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 | $20,324 |
| $30–48k | $21,177 |
| $48–75k | $22,078 |
| $75–110k | $31,068 |
| $110k+ | $31,133 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 36 of these 53 students, totalling $243,056 — an average of $6,752 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