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Pillar College Data & Information Overview

30 awards Ranking Badges
16% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Pillar College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Pillar College Ranked?

Other Psychology & Counseling Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Pillar College was awarded 30 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is other psychology & counseling.

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Overall Quality

Pillar was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Pillar?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Pillar College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Learn more about Pillar College admissions.

Pillar College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
19% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Pillar, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Pillar College is 19%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  19 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Pillar College

71% Freshmen Retention
3% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Pillar College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Pillar is 3%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  3 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Pillar College.

Pillar College Undergraduate Student Diversity

262 Full-Time Undergraduates
92.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
82.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 414 undergraduates at Pillar with 262 being full-time and 152 being part-time.

How Much Does Pillar College Cost?

$18,737 Net Price
36% Take Out Loans
$33,720 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Pillar is $18,737. 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.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Pillar, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Pillar, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $8,430 a year. That adds up to $33,720 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pillar is 16.3%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

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How Much Money Do Pillar Graduates Make?

$30,497 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Pillar make around $30,497 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 28% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Pillar College make the most money.

Location of Pillar College

New Jersey State
262 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Located in Newark, New Jersey, Pillar College is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Newark makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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Contact details for Pillar are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 60 Park Place, Suite 701, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-803-5000
Website: www.pillar.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pillarcollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/somerset_edu

Pillar College Majors

8 Majors With Completions
106 Undergraduate Degrees
34 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 8 majors graduated from Pillar College. Of these students, 106 received undergraduate degrees and 34 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology 45 $42,475
Business Administration & Management 15 $47,330
Biblical Studies 4 NA
Communication & Media Studies 0 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 NA
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 NA
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 NA
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Pillar College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

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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