College · Public · Jersey City, NJ · City
New Jersey City University
Jersey City, NJ
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate98%
6-yr median pay$46k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size3,681
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $46k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 98% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
3,681 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $28k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$113k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$64k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$49k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $14.5k
- Room & board
- $16.8k
- Books & supplies
- $0
How students pay for it.
Pell grants52%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans28%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention66%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr34%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$46k
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 out27%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 3,681
- Location
- Jersey City, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic49%
- Black21%
- White16%
- Asian7%
- Two or more races3%
- International2%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students53%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$23k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.