Fairleigh Dickinson
University-Florham Campus
Private College in Madison, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $57,273.
Students who entered Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus land at a median of $57,273 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 95%, Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus takes nearly everyone who applies. 5,652 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 11% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
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 | — | 4 (1%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus →Academics
A 67% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 78% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 22% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,959 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,585 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $12,624 at $0–30k versus $34,331 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 95% of students receive it, averaging $29,036. Borrowing is widespread: 56% 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 · 506 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 | $12,624 |
| $30–48k | $14,383 |
| $48–75k | $21,154 |
| $75–110k | $29,052 |
| $110k+ | $34,331 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,091 of these 1,959 students, totalling $7,084,142 — an average of $6,493 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Morris County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026