Stevens Institute
of Technology
Private Research University in Hoboken, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 87%. Median 10-year earnings $108,772.
Students who entered Stevens Institute of Technology reach a median of $108,772 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 87% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 4.3% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 87% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Stevens Institute of Technology admits 48% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. 10,673 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. 21% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 36% 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 | 670–735 | 383 (36%) |
| SAT Math | 710–770 | |
| ACT Composite | 31–34 | 68 (6%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 87% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is strong at 94%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. With 4,092 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,084 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $46,165 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $27,221 while those at $110k+ pay $49,538. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $32,189 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 53% 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 · 1,024 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 | $27,221 |
| $30–48k | $27,603 |
| $48–75k | $33,102 |
| $75–110k | $38,095 |
| $110k+ | $49,538 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,157 of these 4,084 students, totalling $13,545,876 — an average of $6,280 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hudson 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)