FIT Facts
FOUNDING DATE 1944
ACCREDITATIONS
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Council for Interior Design Accreditation
DEGREES OFFERED
FIT offers Associate of Applied Science Degrees, Bachelor of Science Degrees, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degrees, Master of Professional Studies Degrees, Master of Arts Degrees, and a Master of Fine Arts Degree.
CURRICULUM
Majors offered: 43
Certificates: 8
LIBRARY
The library holdings of more than 138,000 volumes, teamed with non-book materials such as fashion forecasting services, fashion design-related clippings files, periodicals from around the world, reference resources and Special Collections, provide professional aspects of the fashion business and the study of design not found in conventional academic libraries.
INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY (from 2009 IPED PRELIM)
Full-time: 253
Part-time: 754
Number of full-time faculty who are tenured: 185
Full-time equivalent faculty: 492