Dowling College is a selective private co-educational liberal arts college with three campuses spread across Long Island, New York, United States. The college's main campus in Oakdale, New York sits on the site of William K. Vanderbilt's former estate, which is now known as Fortunoff Hall. The Brookhaven Campus in Shirley, New York, sits adjacent to the Brookhaven Airport and is the home to Dowling's aviation program, as well as the college's Division II athletic program. The new state of the art athlete complex houses a baseball stadium, soccer field and lacrosse complex. Dowling's Melville Center is located within the corporate headquarters of Long Island's most lucrative companies, in the business district of Melville, NY. This location provides optimal training for the college's MBA candidates. More than 5,200 full and part-time undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students make up Dowling's four schools; the School of Education, School of Arts & Sciences, Townsend School of Business, and School of Aviation. The college is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools,New York State Education Department,National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education, and approved by the FAA as an Air Traffic - Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) School.