Kean University Overview

Located in Union, New Jersey, Kean University is a public institution. Union is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Kean University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Kean.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 26% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Kean bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $50,888 a year. That's about 25% more than their peers at other schools.

Kean University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#18	Best Rehabilitation Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#43	Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Best Value English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#62	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#83	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#87	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#96	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#98	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#128	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Psychology	College Factual
#37	Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#47	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#121	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology	College Factual
#127	Best Value Colleges for General Psychology	College Factual
#193	Best Healthcare Schools	Healthcare Degree Search

Where Is Kean University?

Contact details for Kean are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
Phone:	908-737-5326
Website:	www.kean.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/keanuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/KeanUniversity

How Do I Get Into Kean?

You can apply to Kean online at: https://www.kean.edu/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Kean

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Kean?

Kean has an acceptance rate of 78%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 85% 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 460 and 550. Math scores were between 460 and 550.

Kean received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 16 and 22.

Can I Afford Kean University?

The overall average net price of Kean is $30,973. 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

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 Kean, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $10,229 a year. That adds up to $40,916 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Kean is 5.7%. 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.

Kean University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,686 undergraduate students at Kean, with 9,400 being full-time and 2,286 being part-time.

There are also 2,378 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,400 full-time undergraduates at Kean, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	581
Black or African American	1,884
Hispanic or Latino	3,234
White	2,682
International Students	233
Other Races/Ethnicities	786

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Kean University. At this time, 10 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 55 countries are represented at Kean. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Kean University

In 2019-2020, 2,850 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 3rd 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 Affordability Rankings of Kean

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Kean University was $12,445 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $19,621. The following table shows how Kean is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Computer Information Systems	#72	#42

Online Growth Rankings of Kean

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kean University was 45.1%. This is the #708 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Kean regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer & Information Sciences	18%
Computer Information Systems	9%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Kean 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 Kean.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Computer Information Systems	#90
Accounting	#157
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#186
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#253
Computer & Information Sciences	#261

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%.

Kean University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Psychology	415	0	40	0	455
Business Administration & Management	310	0	32	0	342
General Biology	207	0	0	0	207
Criminal Justice & Corrections	163	0	6	0	169
Communication & Media Studies	156	0	0	0	156
Teacher Education Grade Specific	122	0	25	0	147
Accounting	121	0	14	0	135
Special Education	36	0	87	0	123
Marketing	83	0	0	0	83
Teacher Education Subject Specific	80	0	1	0	81
General English Literature	78	0	0	0	78
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	12	57	9	78
Sociology	76	0	1	0	77
Student Counseling	0	0	76	0	76
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	20	0	36	20	76
Public Administration	33	0	38	0	71
Computer Information Systems	57	0	9	0	66
Nursing	49	0	10	3	62
History	62	0	0	0	62
Design & Applied Arts	61	0	0	0	61
Social Work	0	0	60	0	60
Finance & Financial Management	57	0	0	0	57
Computer Systems Networking	55	0	0	0	55
Other Science Technologies/Technicians	29	0	16	0	45
Mathematics	37	0	0	0	37
Educational Administration	0	0	28	4	32
General Architecture	31	0	0	0	31
Health & Physical Education	15	0	15	0	30
Fine & Studio Arts	29	0	1	0	30
Mental & Social Health Services	0	5	15	0	20
Allied Health Professions	19	0	0	0	19
Recreation Administration	18	0	0	0	18
Other Psychology	18	0	0	0	18
Drama & Theater Arts	17	0	0	0	17
Political Science & Government	16	0	0	0	16
International Business	14	0	0	0	14
Romance Languages	14	0	0	0	14
Geological & Earth Sciences	13	0	0	0	13
Writing Studies	0	0	12	0	12
Economics	10	0	0	0	10
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	9	0	0	0	9
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	9	9
Public Health	8	0	0	0	8
Chemistry	8	0	0	0	8
Biotechnology	0	0	7	0	7
Health & Medical Administrative Services	7	0	0	0	7
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	5	0	5
Music	4	0	0	0	4
Holocaust Studies	0	0	3	0	3
International Studies	3	0	0	0	3
Sustainability Science	2	0	0	0	2
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,562	17	594	45	3,218

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.