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New Jersey City University is a public institution located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

272 Undergraduate Degrees
139 Graduate Degrees
$35,861 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
96% Acceptance Rate

Where Is New Jersey City University?

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Contact details for NJCU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2039 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Phone: 201-200-2000
Website: www.njcu.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Jersey-City-University/160201390681313
Twitter: http://twitter.com/njcuniversity

How Do I Get Into NJCU?

You can apply to NJCU online at: www.njcu.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for NJCU

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NJCU?

96% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 96%, NJCU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Can I Afford New Jersey City University?

$35,861 Net Price
34% Take Out Loans
9.3% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of NJCU is $35,861. 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 NJCU, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $6,140 a year. That adds up to $24,560 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NJCU is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

New Jersey City University Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,921 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 5,844 undergraduate students at NJCU, with 4,921 being full-time and 923 being part-time.

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There are also 1,706 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,921 full-time undergraduates at NJCU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of New Jersey City University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 380
Black or African American 1,152
Hispanic or Latino 2,164
White 834
International Students 49
Other Races/Ethnicities 342

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at New Jersey City University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at NJCU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, China, and India.

Online Learning at New Jersey City University

3,937 Took All Classes Online
7,338 Took At Least One Class Online
78.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 7,338 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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Online Growth Rankings of NJCU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at New Jersey City University was 78.9%. This is the #435 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at NJCU 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%.

New Jersey City University Business Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 107 58 165
Accounting 64 47 111
Finance 47 15 62
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 39 0 39
Management Science 3 19 22
Supply Chain Management 9 0 9
General Economics 3 0 3
Actuarial Science 0 0 0
TOTAL 272 139 411

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.

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