Monmouth University Overview

Monmouth University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in West Long Branch, New Jersey. West Long Branch is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Monmouth University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Monmouth.
• In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Monmouth makes roughly $67,991 a year. This is 67% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Monmouth student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Monmouth University?

Contact details for Monmouth are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898
Phone:	732-571-3400
Website:	www.monmouth.edu

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How Do I Get Into Monmouth?

You can apply to Monmouth online at: https://www.monmouth.edu/apply-now/

Admission Requirements for Monmouth

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Monmouth?

Monmouth has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% of students accepted to Monmouth submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 640.

Monmouth received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 22 and 30.

Can I Afford Monmouth University?

The overall average net price of Monmouth is $40,618. 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 Monmouth, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $10,722 a year. That adds up to $42,888 over four years for those students.

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Monmouth University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,263 undergraduate students at Monmouth, with 4,093 being full-time and 170 being part-time.

There are also 1,411 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,093 full-time undergraduates at Monmouth, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	102
Black or African American	207
Hispanic or Latino	632
White	2,827
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	268

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Monmouth University. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 35 countries are represented at Monmouth. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Monmouth University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	295	0	82	0	377
General Education	0	53	0	52	0	105
Social Work	0	36	0	67	0	103
Communication & Media Studies	0	80	0	0	0	80
Health Sciences & Services	0	80	0	0	0	80
Nursing	0	27	5	39	6	77
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	41	0	22	0	63
General English Literature	0	41	0	6	0	47
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	43	0	43
General Psychology	0	43	0	0	0	43
Computer Information Systems	1	29	0	9	0	39
Health & Physical Education	0	36	0	0	0	36
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	34	0	34
General Biology	0	33	0	0	0	33
Special Education	0	4	0	29	0	33
History	0	24	0	7	0	31
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	28	0	28
Political Science & Government	0	28	0	0	0	28
Educational Administration	0	0	0	8	19	27
Student Counseling	0	0	3	21	0	24
Homeland Security	0	24	0	0	0	24
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	5	17	0	22
Anthropology	0	11	0	11	0	22
Music	0	20	0	0	0	20
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	18	0	0	0	18
Design & Applied Arts	0	18	0	0	0	18
Mathematics	0	13	0	0	0	13
Computer Engineering	0	6	0	6	0	12
Writing Studies	0	0	1	10	0	11
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	10	0	0	0	10
Chemistry	0	10	0	0	0	10
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	5	0	5
Archeology	0	0	5	0	0	5
Sociology	0	5	0	0	0	5
Fine & Studio Arts	0	5	0	0	0	5
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	4	0	0	0	4
Geography & Cartography	0	0	3	0	0	3
Information Technology	0	0	0	2	0	2
Romance Languages	0	2	0	0	0	2
Data Science	0	0	0	2	0	2
Accounting	0	0	1	0	0	1
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	1	0	0	1
History and Political Science	0	1	0	0	0	1
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	1	0	0	1
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	997	25	500	25	1,548

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 Apc106 under License

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