by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Kean University was awarded 255 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.
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Kean is ranked #942 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Kean also holds the #22 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.
The acceptance rate at Kean University is 79%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Kean is a good fit for you.
About 17% of students accepted to Kean submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 460 and 550.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Kean University, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kean University is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Kean University is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 21% for first-time, full-time students at Kean, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,686 undergraduates at Kean with 9,400 being full-time and 2,286 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,413 | $15,642 | $20,486 | $24,615 | $24,577 |
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 Kean, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Kean, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $7,887 a year. That adds up to $31,548 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kean is 5.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Kean are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083 |
| Phone: | 908-737-5326 |
| Website: | https://www.kean.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/keanuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/KeanUniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 415 | $30,347 |
| Business Administration & Management | 310 | $38,680 |
| General Biology | 207 | $34,115 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 163 | $33,573 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 156 | $29,817 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 122 | $47,418 |
| Accounting | 121 | $49,189 |
| Marketing | 83 | $37,662 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 80 | $41,307 |
| General English Literature | 78 | $35,690 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2,956 students took at least one online class at Kean University. This is an increase from the 2,850 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,956 | 1,453 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,850 | 882 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,602 | 642 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,317 | 491 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,029 | 353 |
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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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