Eastwick College-Hackensack
For-profit Community College in Hackensack, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $39,762.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,762, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 43% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,264 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
43% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. The 36:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 874, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 874 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,398 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $29,472 at $0–30k against $30,439 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 87% of students receive it, averaging $9,637. Borrowing is widespread: 55% take federal loans.
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 · 92 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 | $29,472 |
| $30–48k | $29,941 |
| $48–75k | $29,741 |
| $75–110k | $32,303 |
| $110k+ | $30,439 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 483 of these 874 students, totalling $3,082,554 — an average of $6,382 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bergen County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
School operating under provisional accreditation (previously accredited by ACICS)
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)