College · Private for-profit · Jersey City, NJ · City
Eastern International College-Jersey City
Jersey City, NJ
Admit rate70%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size495
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $37k 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
495 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $26k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$105k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$84k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$20k
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
- $18.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans61%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention48%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr34%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$37k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$35k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out4%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 495
- Location
- Jersey City, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic37%
- Black32%
- White17%
- Asian8%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races1%
- International1%
First-gen students52%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time26%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$23k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 4
What you can study.