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 31 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Kean is ranked #594 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Kean held the #942 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Kean is also ranked #21 out of 45 schools in New Jersey.
When it comes to admittance, Kean University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 83%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 13% 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 450 and 580. Math scores were between 450 and 580.
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 28%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Kean University has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. 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.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Kean is 26%. That's 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,929 | $5,301 | $10,478 | $17,203 | $20,274 |
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 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,569 a year. That adds up to $26,276 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 416 | $31,475 |
| Business Administration & Management | 303 | $45,782 |
| General Biology | 218 | $34,522 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 178 | $54,447 |
| Special Education | 168 | $48,628 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 160 | $39,408 |
| Accounting | 128 | $46,386 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 128 | $27,983 |
| Student Counseling | 93 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 92 | $35,673 |
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 2022-2023, 2,625 students took at least one online class at Kean University. This is a decrease from the 2,956 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,625 | 1,292 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,956 | 1,453 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,850 | 882 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,317 | 491 |
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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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