Here's an approving review: https://aaronstott.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/a-review-of-the-new-york-institute-of-photography-part-1/ https://aaronstott.wordpress.com/2012/05/ It looks like the school went through a bad period as there are some disapproving reviews to be found. Oh yeah, it's a DEAC school.
The school partnered with Distance Education Russia in 2012 and has licensed a Russian version of their complete course in Professional Photography. NYIP has also licensed a Spanish version of the course, through EdLatam ( Educación a Distancia Latinoamérica, LLC). I know a couple of grads of this school and they have spoken well of it. I've been a hobby-grade photographer for about 40 years and I've taken a couple of cheap courses, just to get a diploma to show for it. I do have a heck of a library to learn from, mostly on digital photography (shot my last roll of film many moons ago) and I think going to photography school is somewhat like going to art (or music) school. School is good - but if you don't have "something" inside to begin with, you can do everything you're told and still get disappointing or blah results. The good schools (and from what I've seen, I'd include NYIP in these) can help you greatly in honing that "something" - but they can't supply it.
Make that "somewhat like going to art, music or writing school." Been there. Done that. Exactly the same reasoning applies to photography school and the other three. You have to have "something" inside to begin with.
