Fairleigh Dickinson
University-Metropolitan Campus
Private College in Teaneck, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $57,273.
Students who entered Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus land at a median of $57,273 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 55%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus admits 91% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 5,826, typical for a school of this reach. A 12% 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
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55% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 29% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 50% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,578 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,920 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,218 at $0–30k versus $28,735 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 74% of students at an average of $30,617. 44% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 551 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 | $10,218 |
| $30–48k | $10,475 |
| $48–75k | $15,057 |
| $75–110k | $23,123 |
| $110k+ | $28,735 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,131 of these 2,578 students, totalling $8,126,908 — an average of $7,186 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
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)