Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Overview

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Teaneck, New Jersey. FDU is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at FDU is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at FDU is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 31% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from FDU with a bachelor's degree make about $57,054 a year. That's 40% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus?

Contact details for FDU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Phone:	201-692-2000
Website:	www.fdu.edu

How Do I Get Into FDU?

You can apply to FDU online at: https://www.commonapp.org/explore/fairleigh-dickinson-university/

Admission Requirements for FDU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into FDU?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, FDU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Can I Afford Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus?

The overall average net price of FDU is $48,897. 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

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 FDU, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $5,754 a year. That adds up to $23,016 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at FDU is 2.4%. 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.

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,540 undergraduate students at FDU, with 1,890 being full-time and 3,650 being part-time.

There are also 1,927 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,890 full-time undergraduates at FDU, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	117
Black or African American	264
Hispanic or Latino	754
White	421
International Students	180
Other Races/Ethnicities	154

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 73 countries are represented at FDU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

In 2020-2021, 356 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 33rd most popular in New Jersey for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of FDU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus was 294.0%. This is the #222 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at FDU regardless of major.

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%.

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 Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.