Rowan University Business Programs

Located in Glassboro, New Jersey, Rowan University is a public institution. Rowan is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Rowan University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#21	Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#64	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#85	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#122	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Sports Communication Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#5	Best Value Colleges for Sports Communication	College Factual
#6	Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#26	Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Schools	College Factual
#202	Best General Business Administration and Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#206	Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Rowan University?

Contact details for Rowan are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone:	856-256-4000
Website:	www.rowan.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/RowanUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/RowanUniversity

How Do I Get Into Rowan?

You can apply to Rowan online at: https://admissions.rowan.edu/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Rowan

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Rowan?

With an acceptance rate of 78%, Rowan may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 49% of accepted students are men and 51% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 83% of students accepted to Rowan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

Rowan received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 29. Math scores were between 19 and 28. Composite scores were between 20 and 28.

Can I Afford Rowan University?

The overall average net price of Rowan is $36,340. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Rowan, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $9,421 a year. That adds up to $37,684 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rowan is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Rowan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,963 undergraduate students at Rowan, with 13,832 being full-time and 2,131 being part-time.

There are also 3,715 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,832 full-time undergraduates at Rowan, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rowan University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	798
Black or African American	1,364
Hispanic or Latino	1,691
White	9,169
International Students	144
Other Races/Ethnicities	666

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Rowan University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 51 countries are represented at Rowan. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Rowan University

In 2019-2020, 11,628 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 19th most popular in New Jersey for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Rowan

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Rowan University was $12,939 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $21,971. The following table shows how Rowan 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
Finance	#24	#24
Finance & Financial Management	#33	#30

Online Growth Rankings of Rowan

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Rowan University was 16.8%. This is the #1,019 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Rowan regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Rowan ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Rowan.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Finance	#52
Finance & Financial Management	#80

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%.

Rowan University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	5	266	0	79	350
Finance	0	169	0	3	172
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	165	0	0	165
Advertising	0	93	0	0	93
Public Relations	0	75	0	12	87
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	39	0	0	39
Sports Communication	5	30	0	0	35
General Economics	0	32	0	0	32
Supply Chain Management	0	26	0	0	26
General Management Information Systems	23	0	1	0	24
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	23	1	0	0	24
Entrepreneurship	0	22	0	0	22
General Organizational Communication	10	0	0	0	10
Applied & Professional Ethics	8	0	0	0	8
Interior Design Management	0	0	7	0	7
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics	2	0	0	0	2
Human Resources Development	1	0	0	0	1
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	77	918	8	94	1,097

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 Wasted Time R under License

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