Rowan College
of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus
Public Community College in Vineland, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $41,751.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,751, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 33% graduate within six years. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The part-time picture is harder: 52% return, against 63% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,077 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,869 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,045 at $0–30k against $16,069 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 68% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,641 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 21% of students.
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 · 424 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 | $9,045 |
| $30–48k | $9,568 |
| $48–75k | $11,837 |
| $75–110k | $14,103 |
| $110k+ | $16,069 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 446 of these 2,077 students, totalling $2,689,109 — an average of $6,029 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cumberland 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)