Notes

These are items that bear looking into more closely.

• This institution’s six year bachelors graduation rate is 76.1%, so approximately 1/5 of undergrads who enroll do not earn a bachelors degree from here.

Overview of institution

This, and the rest of the page, use info from the most recent year available, generally 2023.

• Institution kind: Doctoral/Professional Universities

• Undergrad program: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence

• Graduate program: Research Doctoral: Single program-Other

• Enrollment profile: Very high undergraduate (see more details below)

• Average net price for undergrads on financial aid: $18,515 . This is 90% the average cost of Harvard.

• Actual price for your family: Go here to see what your family may be asked to pay. It can be MUCH lower than the average price but also higher for some.

• Size and setting: Four-year, medium, primarily residential

• In state percentage: 96% of first year students come from New Jersey

• In US percentage: 99% of first year students come from the US

• Graduation rate (within 6 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 76.1% (this is what is usually reported as “graduation rate”)

• Graduation rate (within 4 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 61.7%

• Percent of students seeking a Bachelors who transfer out of this institution: 16.1%

• Student to tenure-stream faculty ratio: 25.3 (undergrads to tenure-stream faculty) [Tenure explained]

• Student to faculty ratio: 23.0 (undergrads to all faculty)

• Degrees offered: Bachelor’s degree, Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master’s degree, Post master’s certificate, Doctor’s degree: research scholarship, Doctor’s degree: professional practice

• Schedule: Semester

• Institution provides on campus housing: Yes

• Dorm capacity: There are enough dorm beds for 3110 students

• Freshmen required to live on campus: No

• Advanced placement (AP) credits used: Yes

• Disabilities: 9.57 percent of undergrads are registered as having disabilities.

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Comparisons

The sections below show this institution compared with others. The ones listed are ones it has identified as peers, who consider themselves peers, and/or who the federal government considers peers. If a comparison school has the same value as the focal school, its cell is grayed out. Arrows show where there is a signficant trend over time for a school. You can swipe across the table to see more of it; the focal school column is always visible.

• Stockton University lists these schools as ones to compare itself within federal IPEDS data, and they do the same back: Rowan University, SUNY Brockport, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Rutgers University-Camden
• Stockton University compares itself to these institutions, but not vice versa: Weber State University, Truman State University, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Washburn University, Appalachian State University, State University of New York at New Paltz, State University of New York at Cortland, Eastern Kentucky University, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Grand Valley State University, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Northern Michigan University, Texas Southmost College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Winona State University, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Southeastern University, College of Charleston, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Ramapo College of New Jersey, University of Louisiana at Monroe, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Western Kentucky University, East Central University, University of Houston-Clear Lake, SUNY College at Plattsburgh, University of West Georgia, Salisbury University, Northern Kentucky University, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Murray State University, Western Carolina University, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Kean University, Angelo State University, State University of New York at Oswego, Eastern Illinois University, University of Central Arkansas, University of Mary Washington, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Bridgewater State University, Western Illinois University, California State University-San Marcos, Central Washington University, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Nicholls State University, University of Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Westfield State University, Winston-Salem State University, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, SUNY at Fredonia, The University of Tennessee-Martin, University of Michigan-Flint, Fayetteville State University, Morehead State University, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Valdosta State University, Salem State University, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Florida Gulf Coast University, Radford University, Indiana University-South Bend, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Western Connecticut State University, Sonoma State University, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, Frostburg State University, Metropolitan State University, Indiana State University, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Empire State University, California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt, Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale, Midwestern State University, Alabama State University
• These institutions compare themselves to Stockton University, but not vice versa: United States Air Force Academy, Touro University, SUNY Oneonta, Montclair State University, Caldwell University, CUNY New York City College of Technology, SUNY College at Potsdam, Prescott College

Diversity

The US Census Bureau has a diversity index that goes from 0 to 1. In their words, “A 0-value indicates that everyone in the population has the same racial and ethnic characteristics. A value close to 1 indicates that everyone in the population has different racial and ethnic characteristics.” This uses their formula, but with the resolution available for the federal IPEDS data (which does not separate for a given demographic group whether members identify as Hispanic or not). This metric is about heterogeneity within the population, not the proportion of the population that comes from historically excluded groups.

Following the practice of the census, the index is multiplied by 100 to give the percentage probability a random pair of individuals will have a different background. Most institutions argue that diversity is a benefit, so by default a higher number is listed as better, but there may be cases where this measure does not reflect the mission of a college (for example, 70% of the students at a tribal college or university may be American Indian: that could be low-scoring by this metric but should not be read as “bad” given the institution’s mission).

These numbers are based on the most recent year available, generally 2023, which predates effects of the US Supreme Court’s striking down of affirmative action. This has often changed, sometimes dramatically, the incoming student demographics at some institutions.

Test scores

Majors

This presents information on the number of majors and the median earnings one and five years after graduation for people who got a degree from this institution in that field. The earnings are for those who are working and not enrolled in further education. The earnings data (from the federal college scorecard) also has information on earnings for those categorized as ‘MALE’ and ‘NOMALE’ – for readability, these are recategorized here as “Men” and “Women”, respectively, which adopts the gender binary used in other federal data. “W/M earnings ratio” is the median earnings of women divided by men, as a percentage.