by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Bloomfield College was awarded 16 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general visual & performing arts.
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College Factual ranked Bloomfield College as #1,971 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bloomfield College held the #2,112 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 44 colleges in New Jersey, Bloomfield College is ranked at #42.
Bloomfield College 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 11% of students accepted to Bloomfield College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 390 and 532. Math scores were between 427 and 532.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Bloomfield College 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 Bloomfield College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
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 Bloomfield College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
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 Bloomfield College is 19%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Bloomfield College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,533 undergraduates at Bloomfield College with 1,402 being full-time and 131 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,042 | $16,906 | $19,870 | $21,312 | $21,989 |
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 Bloomfield College, 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 Bloomfield College, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $3,180 a year. That adds up to $12,720 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bloomfield College is 15.3%. 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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Contact details for Bloomfield College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 467 Franklin St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 |
| Phone: | 973-748-9000 |
| Website: | www.bloomfield.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/bloomfieldcollegenj |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BlmfldCollegeNJ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 53 | $29,369 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 51 | $21,246 |
| Nursing | 51 | $71,883 |
| Business Administration & Management | 34 | $32,890 |
| Sociology | 25 | $27,356 |
| General Biology | 23 | $35,725 |
| Accounting | 10 | NA |
| Computer Science | 8 | NA |
| Chemistry | 7 | NA |
| General English Literature | 5 | NA |
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, 892 students took at least one online class at Bloomfield College. This is an increase from the 754 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 892 | 148 |
| 2019-2020 | 754 | 418 |
| 2018-2019 | 225 | 21 |
| 2017-2018 | 438 | 35 |
| 2016-2017 | 438 | 40 |
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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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