College · Public · Bloomfield, NJ · Suburb
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
Bloomfield, NJ
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate70%
6-yr median pay$48k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size781
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $48k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 70% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
781 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $42k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$168k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$112k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$56k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $15.9k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $26.0k
- Room & board
- $16.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants70%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans89%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention59%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr38%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$48k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$61k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out32%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 781
- Location
- Bloomfield, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black47%
- Hispanic33%
- White6%
- Unknown5%
- International4%
- Asian3%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students41%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$40k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 24
What you can study.