New Jersey City University Teaching Programs

New Jersey City University is a public institution located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Jersey City is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is New Jersey City University?

Contact details for NJCU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2039 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Phone:	201-200-2000
Website:	www.njcu.edu

How Do I Get Into NJCU?

You can apply to NJCU online at: www.njcu.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for NJCU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into NJCU?

Since NJCU has an acceptance rate of 90%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Can I Afford New Jersey City University?

The overall average net price of NJCU is $35,861. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NJCU, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $6,456 a year. That adds up to $25,824 over four years for those students.

New Jersey City University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,262 undergraduate students at NJCU, with 4,385 being full-time and 877 being part-time.

There are also 1,656 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,385 full-time undergraduates at NJCU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of New Jersey City University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	345
Black or African American	943
Hispanic or Latino	2,008
White	744
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	291

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at New Jersey City University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at NJCU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, China, and India.

Online Learning at New Jersey City University

In 2022-2023, 4,913 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NJCU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in New Jersey for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of NJCU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Special Education	3%
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	20%
Teacher Development & Methodology	20%
Urban Education & Leadership	25%

New Jersey City University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Special Education	0	63	0	63
Urban Education & Leadership	0	51	0	51
Teacher Education	0	38	0	38
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	34	0	34
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	18	0	18
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	15	15
Reading Teacher Education	0	13	0	13
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	10	10
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	0	5	0	5
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	0	5	0	5
Mathematics Education	0	1	0	1
Elementary Education	1	0	0	1
Art Education	0	0	0	0
Music Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	228	25	254

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Stepanstas under License

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