Bloomfield College
of Montclair State University
Public College in Bloomfield, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $61,415.
Ten-year median earnings of $61,415 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $22,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 6.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Mobility score 6.0 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
70% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 1,596, typical for a school of this reach. Only 16% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | 3 (2%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | 1 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 59% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 32% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 902 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,410 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $24,168 while those at $110k+ pay $36,558. Grant aid is widespread — 89% of students receive it, averaging $14,197. Most students borrow — 89% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 180 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $24,168 |
| $30–48k | $25,998 |
| $48–75k | $30,908 |
| $75–110k | $35,815 |
| $110k+ | $36,558 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 803 of these 902 students, totalling $3,476,105 — an average of $4,329 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Essex County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026