Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
About
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private college in East Elmhurst, New York, specialized in aviation and engineering education. It is adjacent to LaGuardia Airport but was founded in Newark, New Jersey, in 1932 before moving to New York City in 1940. The college's most recent name change, to honor a founder, was on September 1, 2004.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
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 26 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 21 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 19.2%
- No Data21 · 80.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 2
- Jun 2020Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2018Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
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, 948 students received $5.2M in Pell grants, alongside $10.2M 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 530 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (0.7%) 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 Vaughn
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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 4
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
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Vaughn vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Vaughn 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectVaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 39% | 73.9% | 1,405 | $39,986 | Baccalaureate |
| — | 95.9% | 314 | $31,625 | Baccalaureate | |
| 0% | — | 744 | $15,488 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 2,086 | $14,135 | Baccalaureate | |
| 17% | — | 10,343 | $15,187 | Baccalaureate | |
| 17% | — | 1,037 | $14,858 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 395 | $11,476 | Baccalaureate | |
| 86% | 98.9% | 1,537 | $26,939 | Baccalaureate | |
| 56% | 59.8% | 234 | $13,186 | Baccalaureate | |
| 40% | 69.7% | 728 | $23,931 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 2,970 | $29,249 | Baccalaureate | |
| 0% | 94.6% | 393 | $18,934 | Baccalaureate | |
| 18% | 93.8% | 435 | $21,679 | Baccalaureate | |
| 54% | — | 373 | $26,299 | Baccalaureate | |
| 34% | 79.9% | 1,184 | $27,426 | Baccalaureate | |
| 58% | 97.0% | 20,888 | $30,498 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 67% | — | 2,211 | $19,951 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | 66.7% | 1,922 | $36,483 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 6% | 62.7% | 95 | $20,227 | Baccalaureate | |
| 17% | 100.0% | 93 | $8,138 | Baccalaureate | |
| 20% | — | 810 | $15,491 | Baccalaureate | |
| 32% | — | 2,525 | $21,807 | Baccalaureate | |
| 36% | — | 2,258 | $23,686 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 33% | 86.8% | 1,037 | $21,679 |
Institutions like Vaughn
Explore the federal data for institutions in Vaughn's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Grad rate—Admit rate95.9%Enrollment314Net price$31,625View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment744Net price$15,488View data - BaccalaureateNew York
Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,086Net price$14,135View data - BaccalaureateNew York
Bryant & Stratton College-Online
Grad rate17%Admit rate—Enrollment10,343Net price$15,187View data - BaccalaureateWisconsin
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa
Grad rate17%Admit rate—Enrollment1,037Net price$14,858View data - BaccalaureateKansas
Donnelly College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment395Net price$11,476View data - BaccalaureateMinnesota
Dunwoody College of Technology
Grad rate86%Admit rate98.9%Enrollment1,537Net price$26,939View data - BaccalaureateIowa
Emmaus Bible College
Grad rate56%Admit rate59.8%Enrollment234Net price$13,186View data - BaccalaureateFlorida
Florida College
Grad rate40%Admit rate69.7%Enrollment728Net price$23,931View data - BaccalaureateConnecticut
Goodwin University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,970Net price$29,249View data - BaccalaureateOhio
Herzing University-Akron
Grad rate0%Admit rate94.6%Enrollment393Net price$18,934View data - BaccalaureateGeorgia
Herzing University-Atlanta
Grad rate18%Admit rate93.8%Enrollment435Net price$21,679View data - BaccalaureateKansas
Hesston College
Grad rate54%Admit rate—Enrollment373Net price$26,299View data - BaccalaureateNorth Carolina
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte
Grad rate34%Admit rate79.9%Enrollment1,184Net price$27,426View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalFlorida
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
Grad rate58%Admit rate97.0%Enrollment20,888Net price$30,498View data - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
Lackawanna College
Grad rate67%Admit rate—Enrollment2,211Net price$19,951View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsRhode Island
New England Institute of Technology
Grad rate—Admit rate66.7%Enrollment1,922Net price$36,483View data - BaccalaureateMinnesota
Oak Hills Christian College
Grad rate6%Admit rate62.7%Enrollment95Net price$20,227View data - BaccalaureateMississippi
Southeastern Baptist College
Grad rate17%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment93Net price$8,138View data - BaccalaureateIllinois
St. Augustine College
Grad rate20%Admit rate—Enrollment810Net price$15,491View data - BaccalaureateOhio
University of Northwestern Ohio
Grad rate32%Admit rate—Enrollment2,525Net price$21,807View data - BaccalaureateOhio
University of Rio Grande
Grad rate36%Admit rate—Enrollment2,258Net price$23,686View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityEnhanced Tuition Awards (ETA)New York State Higher Education Services Corporationinstitution_site$6,000
- opportunityTuition Assistance Program (TAP)New York Stateinstitution_site$5,665
- opportunityFederal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)U.S. Department of Educationinstitution_site$4,000
- opportunityNew York State Aid For Part-Time Study (APTS)New York Stateinstitution_site$1,000
- opportunityPart-Time Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)New York Stateinstitution_site
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