Associate's · New York, New York
Is Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations at Fashion Institute of Technology worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $48,045
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,989
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $11,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $35k (likely $35k – $49k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $27k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3 years (likely 2.6–3.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $127k (likely $86k – $163k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $461k (likely $365k – $571k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 81%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations (Master's)$165,589
- Apparel and Textiles (Bachelor's)$71,139
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- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$69,954
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- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$60,882
- Apparel and Textiles (Associate's)$58,876
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Associate's)$54,879
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (Bachelor's)$53,710
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$51,622
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Bachelor's)$49,627
- Design and Applied Arts (Associate's)$45,096
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- The New School$72,595
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- Herkimer County Community College$43,446
- Berkeley College-New York$36,560