Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone
For-profit College in Whitestone, NY. Median 10-year earnings $46,396.
Students who entered Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone land at a median of $46,396 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,730.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,461 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $34,136 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($33,034 versus $38,204), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 85% of students get grant aid averaging $4,708, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 81% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 626 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 | $33,034 |
| $30–48k | $34,680 |
| $48–75k | $34,825 |
| $75–110k | $38,380 |
| $110k+ | $38,204 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,177 of these 1,461 students, totalling $7,993,654 — an average of $6,792 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Queens 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)