College · Private nonprofit · West Long Branch, NJ · Suburb
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
Admit rate89%
6-yr median pay$56k
Net price / yr$31k
Undergrad size3,684
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $31k/yr for a shot at a $56k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 89% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1223 · ACT 24.
If you get in
3,684 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
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 $63k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $31k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$252k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$124k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$128k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $46.6k
- Room & board
- $17.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans61%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
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?
Graduation · 6 yr72%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$56k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$68k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out23%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 3,684
- Location
- West Long Branch, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White67%
- Hispanic18%
- Black5%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian2%
- Unknown2%
- International2%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$74k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 36
What you can study.