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?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Rowan is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Rowan.
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• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Rowan makes roughly $56,115 a year. This is 38% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Rowan University?

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

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	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Rowan?

With an acceptance rate of 84%, Rowan 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 49% of accepted students are men and 51% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 45% 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 540 and 640. Math scores were between 530 and 640.

Rowan received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 31. Math scores were between 21 and 29. Composite scores were between 23 and 30.

Can I Afford Rowan University?

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 55% of students took out student loans averaging $8,798 a year. That adds up to $35,192 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rowan is 1.9%. 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.

Rowan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,119 undergraduate students at Rowan, with 13,061 being full-time and 2,058 being part-time.

There are also 3,933 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,061 full-time undergraduates at Rowan, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	758
Black or African American	1,300
Hispanic or Latino	1,661
White	8,556
International Students	161
Other Races/Ethnicities	625

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.

Online Learning at Rowan University

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 21 master’s degree programs available online at Rowan. In 2020-2021, 9,750 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 19th 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 Rowan

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Rowan University was 16.8%. This is the #1,155 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Rowan 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 Wasted Time R under License

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