New Jersey City University Overview

New Jersey City University is a public institution situated in Jersey City, New Jersey. The city atmosphere of Jersey City makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is New Jersey City University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at NJCU is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at NJCU is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, NJCU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $50,417 a year. That's about 24% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is New Jersey City University?

Contact details for NJCU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2039 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Phone:	201-200-2000
Website:	www.njcu.edu

How Do I Get Into NJCU?

You can apply to NJCU online at: www.njcu.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for NJCU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	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 NJCU?

With an acceptance rate of 91%, NJCU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 10% of students accepted to NJCU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 570. Math scores were between 450 and 570.

NJCU received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.

Can I Afford New Jersey City University?

The overall average net price of NJCU is $35,861. 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 NJCU, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $6,456 a year. That adds up to $25,824 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NJCU is 4.2%. 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.

New Jersey City University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,262 undergraduate students at NJCU, with 4,385 being full-time and 877 being part-time.

There are also 1,656 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,385 full-time undergraduates at NJCU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of New Jersey City University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	345
Black or African American	943
Hispanic or Latino	2,008
White	744
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	291

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at New Jersey City University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at NJCU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, China, and India.

Online Learning at New Jersey City University

In 2020-2021, 4,845 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 13th 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 NJCU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at New Jersey City University was 78.9%. This is the #489 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at NJCU 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 Stepanstas under License

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