by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
New Jersey City University was awarded 128 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is other homeland security.
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College Factual ranked NJCU as #1,346 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
NJCU also holds the #31 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 91%, New Jersey City University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 10% of students accepted to NJCU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 570. Math scores were between 450 and 570.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, New Jersey City University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at New Jersey City University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
New Jersey City 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.
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 13% for first-time, full-time students at NJCU, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,844 undergraduates at NJCU with 4,921 being full-time and 923 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,149 | $12,214 | $15,072 | $18,697 | $18,837 |
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 NJCU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NJCU, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $6,456 a year. That adds up to $25,824 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NJCU is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for NJCU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2039 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305 |
| Phone: | 201-200-2000 |
| Website: | www.njcu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Jersey-City-University/160201390681313 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/njcuniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 181 | $79,771 |
| General Psychology | 169 | $33,834 |
| Business Administration & Management | 116 | $38,826 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 99 | $34,073 |
| General Biology | 85 | $25,543 |
| Computer Information Systems | 57 | $33,076 |
| Homeland Security | 57 | $40,252 |
| Sociology | 53 | $29,868 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 49 | $37,997 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 47 | $40,555 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 4,845 students took at least one online class at New Jersey City University. This is a decrease from the 7,338 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,845 | 1,768 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,338 | 3,937 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,339 | 1,098 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,732 | 781 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,407 | 702 |
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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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