Eastern International College-Jersey City

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Eastern International College-Jersey City

Eastern International College-Jersey City operates as a private for-profit institution located in Jersey City, New Jersey (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 495 students of which 627 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Eastern International College-Jersey City is categorized as “26” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 69.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,111, with published in-state tuition of $18,383 and a Pell grant recipient share of 38.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,751, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 30.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 54.8%. Graduates earn a median of $35,008 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,936 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 35700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 38.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.