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?

• 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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

Can I Afford Centenary University?

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

There are 1,190 undergraduate students at Centenary, with 1,032 being full-time and 158 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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

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.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

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