College · Private nonprofit · Newark, NJ · City
Pillar College
Newark, NJ
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$38k
Net price / yr$8k
Undergrad size498
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $8k/yr for a shot at a $38k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
498 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 $38k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $8k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$152k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$34k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$118k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $25.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants70%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans42%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
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 retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr38%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$38k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out8%
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
- 498
- Location
- Newark, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White59%
- Hispanic28%
- Black11%
- Asian1%
- Unknown1%
- International1%
First-gen students59%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.