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William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ · Public · 6,614 students · mostly bachelor degrees
67th-cheapest of 129 New Jersey colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$18,745
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$28,476
Graduation rate
44%
Admission rate
90%
Median graduate earnings
$57,780
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,334
Pell grant recipients
47%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
161 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree140 grads/yr$137,010Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree419 grads/yr$101,328Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree78 grads/yr$76,282Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree116 grads/yr$75,411Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree78 grads/yr$74,359College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$74,275Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree25 grads/yr$72,447Accounting · Bachelor's Degree55 grads/yr$71,745Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$71,699Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$71,340Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$71,026Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$70,705Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree66 grads/yr$70,356Management Science · Bachelor's Degree65 grads/yr$66,745Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$63,203Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$63,108Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$61,156Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree123 grads/yr$58,108Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$56,584Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$55,592General Studies · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$54,607Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree101 grads/yr$53,589Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$53,253Clinical/Medical Social Work · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$51,502International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$49,470
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.