CLIFTON, NJ · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
American Institute-Clifton is a private for-profit institution in CLIFTON, NJ, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 778 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 20:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: www.americaninstitute.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at American Institute-Clifton is $19,495 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 84 New Jersey colleges that do report one is $17,507.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $28,710 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 57% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $11,979 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 86% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 46% |
| First-generation students | 67% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for American Institute-Clifton's largest program is $19,495 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
American Institute-Clifton enrolls about 778 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1.
American Institute-Clifton is a private for-profit institution in CLIFTON, NJ. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. American Institute-Clifton does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at American Institute-Clifton are $28,710 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among American Institute-Clifton graduates who borrowed is $11,979, according to College Scorecard.