Five Towns College: Review & Facts

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Five Towns College is a very small four-year, private for-profit school with 550 students enrolled. This school was founded in 1972 and is the only institution located in Dix Hills, New York.

Five Towns College is listed among Best LGBT Institutions in the country.

Academic Offerings

Five Towns College will give you the option to receive an associate's degree, bachelor's degree, master's degree, or doctoral degree.

Majors
Offered

11

Five Towns College implements a semester-based curriculum calendar system and lets you to select from 11 majors. The most popular concentrations are Business, Management, Music, Film and Acting, and Theater and Drama. Read the details about Majors offered at this college and see program Ratings.

It is worthwhile to know student retention and graduation rates before you apply to a school to get your diploma or to engage in a long-term study; high retention and graduation rates are usually a good sign. However, if you anticipate to transfer out or take non-credit coursework, these metrics are not important.

Five Towns College student retention rate is relatively low at 67% (below New York average). Considering this statistic, apparently students like their stay at this school.

Student Retention

67%

Bad

The graduation rate at Five Towns College is low - 48%. Nearly 29% of the school's undergraduate students transfer to other colleges.

Student to faculty ratio at Five Towns College is good, 10:1. Learn more on faculty at this college in the Faculty & Salaries report.

Tuition and Loans

Average tuition prices are very high, around $25,900 a year. The additional fees at Five Towns College beyond tuition are roughly $400; which comes to $26,300 a year.

Read the details about Five Towns College additional charges as well as availability of loans and likelihood of repaying them upon graduation in the Tuition & Loans report for this college.

Admissions Information

Acceptance
Rate

58%

Doable

As reported in recent government data, 362 applications were submitted and 211 were accepted, so it is not very hard to become a student at this school.

This college will consider accepting dual credits and advanced placement credits for admission.

Read the details about admissions as well applicants' SAT and ACT test scores at Five Towns College in the Admissions and Tests report for this college.

Opportunities and Services

Dormatory
Annual Price

$8,200

High

Five Towns College provides a distance learning option.

There are options for on-campus part-time employment at Five Towns College, which allows students to cover some of the tuition expenses. Additionally, this school helps students to evaluate their career options and find a full-time job upon graduation.

Safety
Grade

A

Safe

Five Towns College provides on-campus housing. Dormitory capacity at this college accommodates approximately 300 students, which offers a viable on-campus housing option. The room price is a bit high: around $8,200 a year.

Based on the college crime data, Five Towns College seems to be a safe school. Read the details in the Campus Crime report for this college.

Five Towns College Location and Address

Postal Address:
Five Towns College
305 North Service Road
Dix Hills, New York
11746-5871, USA