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?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Rowan.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 49% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Rowan with a bachelor's degree make about $50,000 a year. That's 23% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Rowan University Rankings

Rowan is ranked #415 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list.

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.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#44	Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#56	Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#63	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#79	Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#87	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#103	Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#3	Best Audiovisual Communications Schools	College Factual
#35	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	College Factual
#63	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools	College Factual
#95	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#98	Best Education Schools	College Factual
#158	Best Teaching Schools	Teaching Degree Search

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/RowanUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/RowanUniversity

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?

The acceptance rate at Rowan University is 78%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 49% of accepted students are men and 51% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 83% 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 520 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

Rowan received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 29. Math scores were between 19 and 28. Composite scores were between 20 and 28.

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 63% of students took out student loans averaging $9,421 a year. That adds up to $37,684 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rowan is 5.4%. 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 15,963 undergraduate students at Rowan, with 13,832 being full-time and 2,131 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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.

Online Learning at Rowan University

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 4 master’s degree programs available online at Rowan. In 2019-2020, 11,628 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 13th 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 Rowan

The following table shows how Rowan 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
Construction Trades	#1	#1
Building Management & Inspection	#1	#1
Drama & Theater Arts	#4	#4
Health Sciences & Services	#7	#1
Arts & Media Management	#13	#10
Finance & Financial Management	#33	#30
Music	#40	#31
General Engineering	#75	#29

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.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Building Management & Inspection	54%
Business, Management & Marketing	16%
Construction Trades	54%
Education	8%
Engineering Technologies	27%
Engineering-Related Fields	24%
Finance & Financial Management	10%
Special Education	37%

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Building Management & Inspection	#3
Construction Trades	#6
Drama & Theater Arts	#10
Teaching English or French	#54
Engineering-Related Fields	#65
Finance & Financial Management	#80
Visual & Performing Arts	#99
Instructional Media Design	#166
Engineering Technologies	#189
Special Education	#217
Educational Administration	#294

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%.

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
Business Administration & Management	4	367	2	74	0	447
General Psychology	0	400	0	0	0	400
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	250	0	24	0	274
General Biology	0	272	0	0	0	272
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	262	0	3	0	265
Medicine	0	0	0	0	257	257
Public Relations & Advertising	24	163	0	13	0	200
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	193	0	0	0	193
Finance & Financial Management	0	162	0	5	0	167
Accounting	0	160	0	0	0	160
Computer Information Systems	0	126	0	8	0	134
Audiovisual Communications	0	120	0	0	0	120
Computer Programming	6	107	0	0	0	113
Mechanical Engineering	0	101	0	0	0	101
Health Sciences & Services	0	75	0	17	0	92
Nursing	0	45	0	44	0	89
History	3	79	0	5	0	87
Communication & Media Studies	0	86	0	0	0	86
Music	0	78	0	7	0	85
Civil Engineering	0	79	0	0	0	79
Educational Administration	0	0	1	53	20	74
Electrical Engineering	7	66	1	0	0	74
Human Resource Management	3	64	0	0	0	67
Mathematics	0	58	0	4	0	62
Romance Languages	45	13	0	0	0	58
Special Education	0	0	1	56	0	57
General English Literature	0	57	0	0	0	57
Fine & Studio Arts	0	55	0	0	0	55
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1	0	14	39	0	54
General Engineering	0	6	0	41	4	51
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	50	0	0	0	50
Geography & Cartography	4	38	0	0	0	42
Biomedical Engineering	0	36	0	1	4	41
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	1	39	0	40
English Literature (Other)	0	26	0	12	0	38
Chemical Engineering	0	37	0	0	0	37
Other Health Professions	0	35	0	0	0	35
Physics	0	34	0	0	0	34
Political Science & Government	0	34	0	0	0	34
Economics	0	32	0	0	0	32
Sociology	0	32	0	0	0	32
General Education	0	0	0	31	0	31
Chemistry	0	30	0	0	0	30
Behavioral Science	0	16	0	13	0	29
Natural Resources Conservation	0	28	0	0	0	28
Building Management & Inspection	0	26	0	0	0	26
Journalism	0	24	0	0	0	24
Computer Science	0	0	0	23	0	23
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	23	0	23
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	21	0	21
Human Development & Family Studies	0	21	0	0	0	21
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	21	0	0	0	21
International Studies	1	18	0	0	0	19
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	18	0	0	0	18
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	18	0	0	0	18
Drama & Theater Arts	0	16	0	2	0	18
Health & Physical Education	17	0	0	0	0	17
Homeland Security	4	13	0	0	0	17
Student Counseling	0	0	0	16	0	16
East Asian Languages	15	0	0	0	0	15
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	2	12	0	0	0	14
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	5	0	4	0	9
Area Studies	7	1	0	0	0	8
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	8	0	8
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	8	0	8
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	8	0	0	0	0	8
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	7	0	0	0	7
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	6	0	0	0	6
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	6	0	6
Dance	0	6	0	0	0	6
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	5	0	0	0	0	5
Design & Applied Arts	5	0	0	0	0	5
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	0	4	4
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	4	0	4
Writing Studies	4	0	0	0	0	4
Germanic Languages	4	0	0	0	0	4
Public Health	4	0	0	0	0	4
Computational Science	0	2	0	2	0	4
Philosophy	4	0	0	0	0	4
Management Information Systems	2	0	1	0	0	3
Other Education	0	0	0	0	3	3
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	3	0	0	0	0	3
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	2	0	2
Information Technology	2	0	0	0	0	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	1	0	1	0	0	2
General Physical Sciences	0	2	0	0	0	2
Anthropology	0	2	0	0	0	2
Urban Studies	0	0	0	2	0	2
Community Organization & Advocacy	2	0	0	0	0	2
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	2	0	0	0	0	2
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	1	0	1
Computer Engineering Technology	1	0	0	0	0	1
Literature	1	0	0	0	0	1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	1	0	0	0	0	1
Natural Resource Management	1	0	0	0	0	1
Public Policy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Urban & Regional Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0	0
Human Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arts & Media Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	194	4,090	22	611	292	5,209

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.