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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Nj

52 colleges and universities in Nj with 583 school+major combinations analyzed.

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52
Schools
$27K
Avg Median Debt
$60K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Nj

Strayer University-New Jersey

private · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $5K
Avg earnings: $74K/yr

Bloomfield College

private · 18 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $20K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Princeton University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Stevens Institute of Technology

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $78K/yr

Eastern International College-Jersey City

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Saint Peter's University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

New Jersey Institute of Technology

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $74K/yr

DeVry University-New Jersey

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $85K/yr

The College of New Jersey

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Bais Medrash Toras Chesed

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Beth Medrash of Asbury Park

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Keser Torah-Mayan Hatalmud

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Rabbi Jacob Joseph School

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Rabbinical College of America

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Talmudical Academy-New Jersey

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Toras Chaim

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Yeshivas Emek Hatorah

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Montclair State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Kean University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Rowan University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Drew University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Seton Hall University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Centenary University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 92%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Rider University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Ramapo College of New Jersey

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Caldwell University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Stockton University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

William Paterson University of New Jersey

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Monmouth University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Saint Elizabeth University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Rutgers University-Newark

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Eastwick College-Ramsey

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

New Jersey City University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Pillar College

private · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

Georgian Court University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Rutgers University-Camden

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Berkeley College-Woodland Park

private · 13 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $35K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Felician University

private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $36K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Chamberlain University-New Jersey

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $42K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 52 colleges and universities in Nj, covering 583 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Nj is $27K. First-year earnings average $60K.

Among tracked schools, Strayer University-New Jersey has one of the lowest average debt levels in Nj. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. college cost, debt, and post-graduation earnings distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. degree-granting institutions. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.