Pillar College Overview

Pillar College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Newark, New Jersey. The location of Pillar is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Pillar College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Pillar since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• Students at Pillar have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Pillar.
• For the <nil> academic year, 17% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average Pillar student graduates in 4.0 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Pillar College?

Contact details for Pillar are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	60 Park Place, Suite 701, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone:	973-803-5000
Website:	www.pillar.edu

How Do I Get Into Pillar?

You can apply to Pillar online at: https://pillar.edu/admissions-aid/apply/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Pillar College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Pillar College?

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 Pillar, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $8,430 a year. That adds up to $33,720 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pillar is 3.7%. 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.

Pillar College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 443 undergraduate students at Pillar, with 304 being full-time and 139 being part-time.

There are also 103 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 304 full-time undergraduates at Pillar, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pillar College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	66
Hispanic or Latino	193
White	9
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Pillar College. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 3 countries are represented at Pillar. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Liberia, and Pakistan.

Online Learning at Pillar College

Online Growth Rankings of Pillar

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pillar College was -22.7%. This is the #2,063 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Pillar 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 Richard Arthur Norton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.