Jersey College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Jersey College

Jersey College operates as a private for-profit institution located in Teterboro, New Jersey (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 4,478 students of which 6,063 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. Jersey College is categorized as “10” 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 67.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,058. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $52,558 and a Pell grant recipient share of 57.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 39.1% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $66,087 ten years after enrolling, compared with $65,122 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 194600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.