College · Private nonprofit · Lakewood, NJ · City
Georgian Court University
Lakewood, NJ
Religious affiliation
Admit rate79%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size1,195
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 79% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 25.
If you get in
1,195 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 $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$203k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$77k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$126k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.3k
- Room & board
- $13.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants33%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans49%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention76%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$53k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out37%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,195
- Location
- Lakewood, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White59%
- Hispanic14%
- Black11%
- Unknown8%
- Two or more races4%
- International4%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$46k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.