by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
DigiPen Institute of Technology was awarded 25 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer programming.
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Digipen is ranked #2,095 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Digipen held the #2,143 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Digipen also holds the #47 spot on the Best Colleges in Washington ranking.
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If you're applying to DigiPen Institute of Technology you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 46%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 23% of students accepted to Digipen submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 605 and 700. Math scores were between 573 and 690.
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The student to faculty ratio at Digipen is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at DigiPen Institute of Technology is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like DigiPen Institute of Technology enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Digipen for first-time, full-time students is 41%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,061 undergraduates at Digipen with 979 being full-time and 82 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $27,182 | $35,868 | $40,635 | $43,347 | $44,866 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Digipen, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Digipen, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $10,669 a year. That adds up to $42,676 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Digipen is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Digipen are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 9931 Willows Rd Ne, Redmond, WA 98052 |
| Phone: | 425-558-0299 |
| Website: | https://www.digipen.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/digipen.edu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/DigiPenNews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Programming | 64 | $80,803 |
| Graphic Communications | 62 | $23,819 |
| Human Computer Interaction | 41 | $34,168 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 24 | NA |
| Computer Engineering | 13 | NA |
| Music | 7 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,102 students took at least one online class at DigiPen Institute of Technology. This is a decrease from the 1,120 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,102 | 47 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,120 | 397 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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