JFK Muhlenberg
Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools
Private College in Plainfield, NJ. Median 10-year earnings $73,894.
Students who entered JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools reach a median of $73,894 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools admits 59% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. With 321 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Only 20% 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Just 25% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 9% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit two-year college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 572 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $40,644 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $39,729 at $0–30k, $41,559 at $75–110k. Grant aid is limited — 48% of students receive any. 75% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 8 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 | $39,729 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $41,559 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 427 of these 572 students, totalling $3,455,883 — an average of $8,093 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Union County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026