in the nation to work for. 2009 Architect Magazine ranked NYIT one of the top four Building Technology Schools in the United States. 2009 Campus Safety survey ranked NYIT as the safest college in America. In 2016, Niche ranked NYIT the second safest college campuses in New York State. NYIT has been ranked by The New York Times as one of the more diverse colleges in the United States. US News Best Colleges ranks NYIT as one of the Best Engineering Programs at schools where doctorate not offered. PayScale ranks NYIT as a top school in the nation for Return on investment. U.S. News & World Report ranks NYIT #40 in the nation for Physician Assistant program. U.S. News & World Report ranks NYIT #164 in the nation for Physical Therapy. U.S. News & World Report ranks NYIT #151 in the nation for Occupational Therapy program. U.S. News & World Report placed NYIT's medical school on its lists of "Best Medical Schools: Research" and "Best Medical Schools: Primary Care" in 2013. NYIT was featured on Washington Monthly's 2014 Best Bang for the Buck Rankings, a national list of schools that help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices. NYIT was featured on Washington Monthly's 2014 Master's Universities Rankings - Research. Study abroad In addition to NYIT's auxiliary campuses in Canada, China and the Middle East, NYIT has degree partnerships with over a dozen Chinese universities, as well as with universities in France, Taiwan, Brazil, India and Turkey. NYIT also has student exchange programs with universities in Denmark, Netherlands, China, United Kingdom, India, Costa Rica, Germany, Brazil and France. Admissions U.S. News & World Report describes New York Institute of Technology's admissions process as "selective". NYIT received 10,010 first-year applications from prospective undergraduate students for the Class of 2020. NYIT students represent nearly all 50 U.S. states and 112 countries. For the undergraduate freshman class that entered its New York campuses in Fall 2012, NYIT drew 6,769 applications and enrolled 1,005. The undergraduate transfer class that enrolled in 2012 engendered 1,625 applications and 497 enrolled. As of 2022, NYIT reported average SAT scores of their admitted students as 574 for English, Reading, and Writing and 594 for Math, giving an average combined score of 1168. The average composite ACT score was 21, and the average high-school GPA was 3.4. NYIT's undergraduate acceptance rate was 65% in Fall 2012. For the