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Advanced Technology Institute Data & Information Overview

70% Acceptance Rate
Want the scoop on Advanced Technology Institute? We’ve put together a comprehensive report on the school that covers what majors ATI offers, how the school ranks, how diverse it is, and much more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Advanced Technology Institute Ranked?

Welding Technology/Welder Highest Ranked Major

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Overall Quality

ATI was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into ATI?

70% Acceptance Rate
14% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Advanced Technology Institute has an acceptance rate of 70%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.

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Advanced Technology Institute Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
63% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Advanced Technology Institute is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Advanced Technology Institute is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  63 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Advanced Technology Institute

83% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

Advanced Technology Institute has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  83 out of 100
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100

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Advanced Technology Institute Undergraduate Student Diversity

461 Full-Time Undergraduates
45.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
8.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 461 full-time undergraduates at ATI.

How Much Does Advanced Technology Institute Cost?

$18,056 Net Price
45% Take Out Loans
$43,860 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of ATI is $18,056. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for ATI

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$16,367$17,441$17,586$21,603$20,618

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 ATI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At ATI, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $10,965 a year. That adds up to $43,860 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do ATI Graduates Make?

$46,342 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from ATI make around $46,342 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future ATI graduates since it is 6% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Advanced Technology Institute

Virginia State
461 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Advanced Technology Institute is a private for-profit institution. The location of ATI is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for ATI are given below.

Contact Details
Address:5700 Southern Blvd Ste 100, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone:757-490-1241
Website:www.auto.edu/

Advanced Technology Institute Majors

4 Majors With Completions
738 Undergraduate Degrees
738 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 4 majors graduated from Advanced Technology Institute. Of these students, 738 received undergraduate degrees and 738 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Ground Transportation161NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair105NA
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration54NA
Precision Metal Working49NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Advanced Technology Institute along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

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.

References

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