Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Business Programs

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a private not-for-profit institution located in Teaneck, New Jersey. FDU is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at FDU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Value Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Value Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#40	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#127	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards FDU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management	College Factual
#65	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#67	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual

Where Is Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus?

Contact details for FDU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Phone:	201-692-2000
Website:	www.fdu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/fairleighdickinsonuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/FDUWhatsNew

How Do I Get Into FDU?

You can apply to FDU online at: https://www.commonapp.org/explore/fairleigh-dickinson-university/

Admission Requirements for FDU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into FDU?

FDU has the high acceptance rate of 89%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Can I Afford Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus?

The overall average net price of FDU is $48,897. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At FDU, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $7,246 a year. That adds up to $28,984 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at FDU is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,734 undergraduate students at FDU, with 2,189 being full-time and 3,545 being part-time.

There are also 1,745 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,189 full-time undergraduates at FDU, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	135
Black or African American	270
Hispanic or Latino	884
White	510
International Students	187
Other Races/Ethnicities	203

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 73 countries are represented at FDU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

In 2019-2020, 7,479 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at FDU has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of FDU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus was $42,240 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how FDU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Customer Service Management	#1	#1
Other Marketing	#13	#13
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#72	#72

Online Growth Rankings of FDU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus was 294.0%. This is the #189 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at FDU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	129	129
Accounting	21	100	121
General Business Administration and Management	29	31	60
Finance	18	0	18
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	15	0	15
General Hospitality Administration/Management	5	5	10
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	8	8
Other Marketing	0	4	4
Customer Service Management	0	0	0
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
Business Economics	0	0	0
Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0
Marketing Research	0	0	0
TOTAL	88	277	365

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jim.henderson under License

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