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Rowan University Overview

Rowan University is a public institution situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. Glassboro is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Rowan University Known For?

4,643 Undergraduate Awards
$36,340 Avg Cost After Aid
77% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Rowan.
  • In a recent academic period46% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Rowan bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $59,988 a year. That's about 47% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Rowan University?

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Contact details for Rowan are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone: 856-256-4000
Website: www.rowan.edu

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How Do I Get Into Rowan?

You can apply to Rowan online at: https://admissions.rowan.edu/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Rowan

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Rowan?

77% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
36% Submit SAT Scores
Rowan has an acceptance rate of 77%, 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 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Rowan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 650.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Rowan University  ( 550 to 650 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Rowan University  ( 540 to 650 )
200
800
Rowan received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 32. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Rowan University  ( 23 to 32 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Rowan University  ( 23 to 31 )
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36

Can I Afford Rowan University?

$36,340 Net Price
51% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Rowan is $36,340. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Rowan, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $9,044 a year. That adds up to $36,176 over four years for those students.

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Rowan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

13,832 Full-Time Undergraduates
47% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 15,963 undergraduate students at Rowan, with 13,832 being full-time and 2,131 being part-time.

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There are also 3,715 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,832 full-time undergraduates at Rowan, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 798
Black or African American 1,364
Hispanic or Latino 1,691
White 9,169
International Students 144
Other Races/Ethnicities 666

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Rowan University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 51 countries are represented at Rowan. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Bangladesh.

Rowan 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
General Psychology 0 512 0 0 0 512
Business Administration & Management 3 347 6 102 0 458
Medicine 0 0 0 0 304 304
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 246 0 8 0 254
General Biology 0 239 0 0 0 239
Public Relations & Advertising 22 184 0 8 0 214
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 155 0 20 0 175
Finance & Financial Management 0 146 0 11 0 157
Computer Information Systems 0 140 0 5 0 145
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 141 0 0 0 141
Audiovisual Communications 0 126 0 0 0 126
Computer Programming 5 117 0 0 0 122
Nursing 0 75 0 44 0 119
Accounting 0 111 1 0 0 112
Teacher Education Subject Specific 11 63 1 34 0 109
Civil Engineering 3 98 0 0 3 104
Mechanical Engineering 0 101 0 1 1 103
Special Education 0 55 0 45 0 100
Communication & Media Studies 0 97 0 0 0 97
Music 1 89 0 5 0 95
Electrical Engineering 8 84 0 0 0 92
Educational Administration 5 0 1 71 13 90
Other Health Professions 0 84 2 0 0 86
General Engineering 0 12 0 57 4 73
History 3 57 0 7 0 67
Computer Science 0 0 0 62 0 62
English Literature (Other) 0 39 0 21 0 60
Homeland Security 10 38 0 9 0 57
Building Management & Inspection 0 56 0 0 0 56
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 2 0 24 22 5 53
Writing Studies 40 0 10 0 0 50
Fine & Studio Arts 0 50 0 0 0 50
Biomedical Engineering 0 40 0 4 4 48
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 8 40 0 48
Mathematics 0 43 0 5 0 48
Romance Languages 34 12 0 0 0 46
Sociology 0 46 0 0 0 46
Human Resource Management 3 40 0 0 0 43
Political Science & Government 0 43 0 0 0 43
Health Sciences & Services 1 14 14 13 0 42
General English Literature 0 39 0 0 0 39
Natural Resources Conservation 0 36 2 1 0 39
Geography & Cartography 7 31 1 0 0 39
Chemical Engineering 0 38 0 0 0 38
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 37 0 0 0 37
Information Science 0 37 0 0 0 37
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 1 35 0 36
Multilingual Education 36 0 0 0 0 36
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 19 0 16 0 35
General Education 0 0 0 33 0 33
Economics 0 33 0 0 0 33
International Studies 5 25 0 0 0 30
Allied Health Professions 0 20 0 9 0 29
Drama & Theater Arts 0 29 0 0 0 29
Physics 1 27 0 0 0 28
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 25 2 0 0 27
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 17 0 0 9 26
Chemistry 0 24 1 0 1 26
Journalism 0 25 0 0 0 25
Student Counseling 0 0 0 25 0 25
Human Development & Family Studies 3 19 0 0 0 22
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 4 0 1 17 0 22
Behavioral Science 0 10 1 10 0 21
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 20 0 20
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 18 0 18
Public Health 1 17 0 0 0 18
Information Technology 7 0 0 10 0 17
Management Information Systems 16 0 0 0 0 16
Health & Physical Education 14 2 0 0 0 16
Geological & Earth Sciences 3 13 0 0 0 16
Instructional Media Design 0 0 2 10 0 12
Other Engineering 11 0 0 0 1 12
Philosophy 2 10 0 0 0 12
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 11 0 0 0 11
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 11 0 0 0 11
Design & Applied Arts 11 0 0 0 0 11
Urban & Regional Planning 1 4 0 4 0 9
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 2 0 7 0 9
American Sign Language 9 0 0 0 0 9
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8 0 0 0 0 8
East Asian Languages 8 0 0 0 0 8
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 7 0 0 0 0 7
Security Science and Technology 7 0 0 0 0 7
Anthropology 0 7 0 0 0 7
Community Organization & Advocacy 7 0 0 0 0 7
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 7 0 7
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 6 0 0 0 0 6
Other Education 0 0 0 0 6 6
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 1 5 0 6
Urban Studies 0 0 0 6 0 6
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 0 0 0 0 5 5
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 5 0 0 0 5
Public Policy 5 0 0 0 0 5
Construction Management 3 0 1 0 0 4
Computer Engineering Technology 4 0 0 0 0 4
Manufacturing Engineering 4 0 0 0 0 4
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 4 0 0 4
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2 0 1 0 0 3
Surveying Engineering 0 3 0 0 0 3
Literature 3 0 0 0 0 3
Area Studies 3 0 0 0 0 3
Germanic Languages 3 0 0 0 0 3
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 2 0 0 0 2
Publishing 2 0 0 0 0 2
Teaching English or French 0 0 2 0 0 2
Robotics Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 2
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 2 0 0 2
Computational Science 0 2 0 0 0 2
Dance 0 2 0 0 0 2
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 1 0 0 0 0 1
Classical & Ancient Studies 1 0 0 0 0 1
Holocaust Studies 0 0 0 1 0 1
Marine Science 1 0 0 0 0 1
Natural Resource Management 1 0 0 0 0 1
Religious Studies 0 1 0 0 0 1
Materials Sciences 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Materials Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 360 4,283 89 828 357 5,917

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.

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