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?

• Students at Monmouth have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 3%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Monmouth.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Monmouth makes roughly $50,500 a year. This is 24% 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.

Monmouth 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.

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#98	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#115	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best English Language & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Forensic Nursing. Schools	College Factual
#16	Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#28	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#38	Best General Education Schools	College Factual
#73	Best English Language & Literature Schools	College Factual
#131	Best Allied Health Professions Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/MonmouthUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/monmouthu

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Monmouth?

With an acceptance rate of 79%, Monmouth 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 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 89% 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 520 and 610. Math scores were between 520 and 600.

Monmouth received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 26. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 26.

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 72% of students took out student loans averaging $5,696 a year. That adds up to $22,784 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Monmouth is 3.1%. 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.

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.

Online Learning at Monmouth University

In 2019-2020, 5,445 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 30th 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 Monmouth

The following table shows how Monmouth 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
Homeland Security	#34	#34

Online Growth Rankings of Monmouth

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Monmouth University was 211.4%. This is the #269 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Monmouth regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Education	24%
Educational Administration	78%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	11%
Nursing	1%
Special Education	41%
Student Counseling	50%

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Homeland Security	#1
Teaching English or French	#1
Student Counseling	#7
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	#12
Special Education	#19
Educational Administration	#25
Psychology	#28
Nursing	#41
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#55
Education	#94
Health Professions	#154

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%.

Monmouth University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	308	0	94	0	402
Social Work	40	0	83	0	123
Nursing	26	10	79	6	121
Communication & Media Studies	98	0	10	0	108
General Education	56	0	44	0	100
Health Sciences & Services	85	0	0	0	85
Criminal Justice & Corrections	42	0	21	0	63
General Psychology	60	0	0	0	60
General Biology	56	0	0	0	56
General English Literature	47	0	7	0	54
Computer Information Systems	40	0	12	0	52
Student Counseling	0	9	41	0	50
Special Education	5	0	41	0	46
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	46	0	46
Political Science & Government	38	0	0	0	38
Health & Physical Education	35	0	0	0	35
Music	34	0	0	0	34
Communication Sciences	0	0	32	0	32
Allied Health Professions	0	0	31	0	31
History	24	0	7	0	31
Educational Administration	0	0	14	13	27
Homeland Security	23	0	3	0	26
Chemistry	24	0	0	0	24
Anthropology	13	0	9	0	22
Mathematics	20	0	0	0	20
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	17	0	0	0	17
Computer Engineering	5	0	12	0	17
Design & Applied Arts	14	0	0	0	14
Information Technology	0	0	13	0	13
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	10	0	10
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	9	0	9
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	9	0	0	0	9
Fine & Studio Arts	9	0	0	0	9
Romance Languages	7	0	0	0	7
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	6	0	0	0	6
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	5	0	0	5
History and Political Science	2	0	0	0	2
Archeology	0	2	0	0	2
Sociology	2	0	0	0	2
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	1	0	0	1
Accounting	0	0	0	0	0
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,145	27	618	19	1,809

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.