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Centenary University Overview

Located in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Centenary University is a private not-for-profit institution. Hackettstown is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Centenary University Known For?

376 Undergraduate Awards
$31,694 Avg Cost After Aid
93% Acceptance Rate
  • Centenary has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Centenary.
  • In 2017-2018, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Centenary bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $45,800 a year. That's about 12% more than their peers at other schools.
  • The average Centenary student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

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Centenary University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Centenary has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#160 Best Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Centenary.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#4 Most Popular Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#64 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#87 Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#113 Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#114 Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#192 Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Centenary has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#2 Best Animal Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools College Factual
#2 Best Equine Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools College Factual
#14 Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Education Graduates College Factual
#20 Highest Paid Political Science & Government Graduates College Factual
#25 Highest Paid Social Sciences Graduates College Factual
#111 Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools Teaching Degree Search

Where Is Centenary University?

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Contact details for Centenary are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 400 Jefferson St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Phone: 908-852-1400

How Do I Get Into Centenary?

You can apply to Centenary online at: https://apply.centenaryuniversity.edu/Datatel.ERecruiting.Web.External/Pages/welcome.aspx

Admission Requirements for Centenary

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations recommended
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Centenary?

93% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
67% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 93%, Centenary is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 67% of students accepted to Centenary submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 455 and 560. Math scores were between 440 and 540.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Centenary University  ( 455 to 560 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Centenary University  ( 440 to 540 )
200
800
Centenary received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 12 and 23. Math scores were between 15 and 18. Composite scores were between 15 and 22.

ACT English Scores for Centenary University  ( 12 to 23 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Centenary University  ( 15 to 18 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Centenary University  ( 15 to 22 )
1
36

Can I Afford Centenary University?

$31,694 Net Price
83% Take Out Loans
6.8% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Centenary is $31,694. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 Centenary, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $6,775 a year. That adds up to $27,100 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Centenary is 6.8%. 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.

Centenary University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,032 Full-Time Undergraduates
64% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,190 undergraduate students at Centenary, with 1,032 being full-time and 158 being part-time.

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There are also 439 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,032 full-time undergraduates at Centenary, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Centenary University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 16
Black or African American 94
Hispanic or Latino 166
White 657
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 91

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Centenary University. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at Centenary. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Japan.

Online Learning at Centenary University

412 Took All Classes Online
1,579 Took At Least One Class Online
22.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 4 master’s degree programs available online at Centenary. In 2019-2020, 1,579 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Centenary has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 29th most popular in New Jersey for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Centenary

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Centenary University was 22.9%. This is the #996 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Centenary regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Centenary majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions 33%
Teacher Education Grade Specific 32%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Centenary ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Centenary.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Public Administration #85
Public Administration & Social Service #183
Teacher Education Grade Specific #262
Health & Medical Administrative Services #383

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Centenary University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 2 0 109 3 77 0 191
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 22 0 15 0 37
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 29 0 0 0 29
Animal Services 0 1 24 0 0 0 25
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 8 17 0 0 0 25
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 0 25 0 0 0 25
Special Education 0 0 0 0 24 0 24
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 22 0 0 0 22
Educational Administration 0 0 0 0 17 4 21
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 5 0 13 0 18
Social Work 0 0 18 0 0 0 18
General English Literature 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 15 0 0 0 15
Sociology 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
General Biology 0 0 12 0 0 0 12
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 0 12 0 12
Accounting 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
Arts & Media Management 0 0 9 0 0 0 9
Political Science & Government 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
Public Administration 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
Agricultural Production 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Student Counseling 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
History 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Legal Support Services 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2 11 363 3 167 4 550

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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