NYSID Stats in Brief

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Founded:  1916
Chartered:  1924
Degree granting authority:  1976
Founder:  Mr. Sherrill Whiton

Fall 2009 Admissions Profile

Undergraduate

Applications: 575
Admitted: 321
Enrolled: 192

Graduate

Applications: 168
Admitted: 88
Enrolled: 49

Total Enrollment: 750 (57 graduate students)
% Full-time: 30
% Female: 88
% International: 12
Average Age: 32

Number of States Represented: 23
Number of Countries Represented: 33

Number of Faculty: 70
Number of Non-Instructional Staff: 35

Living Alumni: 2,500

Retention Rate

First-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergradaute students returning for Fall 2008 (Fall 2007 cohort):
% Full-time: 90
% Part-time: 79

Graduation Rate

First-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergradaute students (2002 cohort): 92% 

Accreditations

National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
Council of Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)

National Rankings

US News & World Report: 4th ranked MFA program in Interior Design
DesignIntelligence: Top-Ten Undergraduate Interior Design Programs in 2010 and 2009; Graduate program ranked 6th in the nation for 2010

 NYSID offers AAS, BFA, BA, MFA, and MPS degrees, as well as a one-year certificate program (BID) that can be applied towards credit in the undergraduate AAS and BFA programs.

Numerous courses are available to non-matriculated students (who take many of the same courses, with the same professors, and use the same facilities as our degree students), via NYSID's new Institute for Continuing and Professional Studies.

NYSID's student body is made up of all types of people—from recent high-school graduates, to liberal arts transfer students, to career-changers like lawyers, fashion designers, and psychologists.

As a graduation gift, NYSID graduates are given a certificate that allows them to come back and take the NCIDQ Exam Review class for free.