Ramapo College of New Jersey

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Ramapo College of New Jersey

Ramapo College of New Jersey operates as a public institution located in Mahwah, New Jersey (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 4,898 students of which 5,721 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. Ramapo College of New Jersey is categorized as “18” 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 70.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,211 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,173, with published in-state tuition of $16,777 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.2%. 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. The 4-year completion rate is 70.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 83.6%. Graduates earn a median of $67,541 ten years after enrolling, compared with $53,872 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 248700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 75.7% 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.