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After New Jersey City University: graduation, pay and debt

Jersey City, New Jersey · Public · 3,681 undergrads

39% of New Jersey City University students finish within six years, the typical student earns $59,538 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $17,815 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$59.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
39%
finish within six years.
21%
finish in four years.
65%
of first-years come back for year two.
$17.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
50%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
21%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
39%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
65%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
34%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
42%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
950
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
43%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
29%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
831
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
27%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$47,841
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$59,538
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
63%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$17,815
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$14,250
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$14,750
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
50%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
55%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
58%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers