by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Rowan University was awarded 457 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Rowan is ranked #329 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Rowan held the #408 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Rowan is also ranked #7 out of 44 schools in New Jersey.
Rowan University has an acceptance rate of 84%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 45% of students accepted to Rowan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 640. Math scores were between 530 and 640.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Rowan University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Rowan University is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Rowan University has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Rowan the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 49%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Rowan University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 15,963 undergraduates at Rowan with 13,832 being full-time and 2,131 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,693 | $21,292 | $27,278 | $31,221 | $32,162 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Rowan, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Rowan, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $8,798 a year. That adds up to $35,192 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Rowan is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Rowan University.
Contact details for Rowan are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028 |
| Phone: | 856-256-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.rowan.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/RowanUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/RowanUniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 485 | $28,429 |
| Business Administration & Management | 296 | $42,282 |
| General Biology | 294 | $29,579 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 288 | $32,026 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 199 | $32,714 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 198 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 169 | $45,962 |
| Accounting | 165 | $49,122 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 154 | $34,175 |
| Computer Information Systems | 153 | $54,859 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 9,750 students took at least one online class at Rowan University. This is a decrease from the 11,628 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 9,750 | 2,481 |
| 2019-2020 | 11,628 | 2,063 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,694 | 1,653 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,212 | 1,524 |
| 2016-2017 | 5,317 | 1,275 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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