Jersey College
For-profit College in Teterboro, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $66,087.
Students who entered Jersey College reach a median of $66,087 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 45%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $21,000 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 68% puts Jersey College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. Only 760 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 76% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. 6% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 | 513–600 | 22 (6%) |
| SAT Math | 473–705 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–23 | 12 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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45% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 63% — 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. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,063 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $51,749 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $51,753 at $0–30k, $55,644 at $110k+. About 59% get grants averaging $4,836, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 77% 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 · 581 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 | $51,753 |
| $30–48k | $52,244 |
| $48–75k | $53,601 |
| $75–110k | $54,951 |
| $110k+ | $55,644 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,662 of these 6,063 students, totalling $35,466,646 — an average of $7,608 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