About
The New York Film Academy (NYFA) is a private institution founded in 1992, located in New York City, Los Angeles, and Florence, Italy, along with additional locations. NYFA offers programs focused on filmmaking, acting for film, photography, and other arts-related fields, emphasizing a hands-on, project-based approach to education.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 17 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 5 fail. 12 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data12 · 70.6%
- Failing5 · 29.4%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 188 students received $1.3M in Pell grants, alongside $8.4M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 345 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at New York Film Academy
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Non-campus6
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
New York Film Academy vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions New York Film Academy selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNew York Film Academy | 68% | Open admission | 1,132 | $39,011 | — |
American Academy of Art College | 45% | — | — | $34,298 | — |
| 80% | 100.0% | 94 | $44,010 | — | |
| 55% | 53.8% | 974 | $22,992 | — | |
| 100% | 41.8% | 526 | $51,949 | — | |
| 28% | 87.7% | 261 | $43,590 | — | |
| 34% | Open admission | 5,472 | $30,980 | — | |
| 58% | 66.0% | 139 | $16,418 | — | |
| 42% | 46.3% | 247 | $24,044 | — | |
| — | Open admission | 85 | $41,595 | — | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 188 | Grad-only | — | |
| Peer group median | 55% | 59.9% | 254 | $36,655 |
Institutions like New York Film Academy
Explore the federal data for institutions in New York Film Academy's comparison group.
- Illinois
American Academy of Art College
Grad rate45%Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$34,298 - California
Design Institute of San Diego
Grad rate80%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment94Net price$44,010View data - New York
Five Towns College
Grad rate55%Admit rate53.8%Enrollment974Net price$22,992View data - California
Gnomon
Grad rate100%Admit rate41.8%Enrollment526Net price$51,949View data - California
Los Angeles College of Music
Grad rate28%Admit rate87.7%Enrollment261Net price$43,590View data - California
Los Angeles Film School
Grad rate34%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment5,472Net price$30,980View data - Washington
Northwest College of Art & Design
Grad rate58%Admit rate66.0%Enrollment139Net price$16,418View data - Tennessee
Nossi College of Art and Design
Grad rate42%Admit rate46.3%Enrollment247Net price$24,044View data - Washington
Seattle Film Institute
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment85Net price$41,595View data - New York
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment188Net priceGrad-onlyView data
New York Film Academy Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Rosa BeleriqueVice President of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of New York Film Academy (22)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Michel van der AaMusic
- Kunle AfolayanFilm
- Nag AshwinFilm
- Lana CondorFilm
- Hannah Lux DavisFilm
- Shaquille O'NealSports
- Julie PacinoFilm
- Eve HewsonFilm
- King BachEntertainment
- Alaya FFilm
- Dina AzarBroadcasting
- Aisha Augie-KutaPhotography
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