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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus was awarded 174 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is writing studies.
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College Factual ranked FDU as #2,205 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
FDU is also ranked #44 out of 44 schools in New Jersey.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus has an acceptance rate of 85%, 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.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at FDU it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus is 45%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At FDU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 46%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,707 undergraduates at FDU with 2,517 being full-time and 190 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,058 | $13,238 | $20,940 | $25,069 | $31,266 |
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 FDU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At FDU, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,639 a year. That adds up to $30,556 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at FDU is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for FDU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 285 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ 07940 |
| Phone: | 973-443-8500 |
| Website: | www.fdu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/fairleighdickinsonuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/FDUWhatsNew |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 53 | $16,972 |
| Business Administration & Management | 51 | $39,361 |
| Accounting | 49 | $42,227 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 44 | $29,108 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 43 | $22,482 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 37 | $46,369 |
| Nursing | 35 | $76,711 |
| Marketing | 35 | $40,205 |
| Computer Information Systems | 28 | $39,228 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 27 | $24,888 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 20 students took at least one online class at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. This is a decrease from the 3,396 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 20 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,396 | 3,396 |
| 2018-2019 | 379 | 13 |
| 2017-2018 | 350 | 36 |
| 2016-2017 | 348 | 44 |
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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.
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