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Rowan College at Burlington County Data & Information Overview

15 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
1% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Rowan College at Burlington County Ranked?

#777 Best Colleges in Nation
#24 Best Colleges in NJ
Liberal Arts General Studies Highest Ranked Major
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2025 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Rowan College at Burlington County was awarded 15 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked RCBC as #777 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when RCBC held the #1,078 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

RCBC is also ranked #24 out of 45 schools in New Jersey.

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Is It Hard to Get Into RCBC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Rowan College at Burlington County has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

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Rowan College at Burlington County Faculty

18 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Rowan College at Burlington County is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Rowan College at Burlington County is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Rowan College at Burlington County

68% Freshmen Retention

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 Rowan College at Burlington County is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  68 out of 100
0
100

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Rowan College at Burlington County Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,474 Full-Time Undergraduates
40.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
58.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,316 undergraduates at RCBC with 3,474 being full-time and 3,842 being part-time.

How Much Does Rowan College at Burlington County Cost?

$7,039 Net Price
7% Take Out Loans
$17,428 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of RCBC is $7,039. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for RCBC

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$5,904$5,777$7,751$11,111$11,545

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 RCBC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At RCBC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,357 a year. That adds up to $17,428 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RCBC is 1.0%. 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.

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How Much Money Do RCBC Graduates Make?

$44,745 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from RCBC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $44,745 in their early years. This is good news for future RCBC graduates since it is 9% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Rowan College at Burlington County

New Jersey State
3,474 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Rowan College at Burlington County is a public institution. RCBC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for RCBC are given below.

Contact Details
Address:900 College Circle, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054-1599
Phone:856-222-9311
Website:www.rcbc.edu/

Rowan College at Burlington County Majors

40 Majors With Completions
3,354 Undergraduate Degrees
3,354 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 40 majors graduated from Rowan College at Burlington County. Of these students, 3,354 received undergraduate degrees and 3,354 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 MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies1,107NA
Health Sciences & Services118NA
Nursing115NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections79NA
Allied Health Professions31NA
Design & Applied Arts31NA
Health & Medical Administrative Services23NA
Management Information Systems22NA
Human Services22NA
Dental Support Services19NA

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

Online Learning at RCBC

65% Take At Least One Class Online
50% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 4,004 students took at least one online class at Rowan College at Burlington County. This is a decrease from the 4,805 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20234,0043,082
2021-20224,8052,132
2020-20216,5115,408
2018-20194,1921,298

Learn more about online learning at Rowan College at Burlington County.

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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