by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Centenary University was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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College Factual ranked Centenary as #839 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 45 colleges in New Jersey, Centenary is ranked at #26.
Centenary University has an acceptance rate of 97%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Centenary.
The student to faculty ratio at Centenary University is about average at 13 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.
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 Centenary University is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Centenary University has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. 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 Centenary the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 50%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,190 undergraduates at Centenary with 1,032 being full-time and 158 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,405 | $12,390 | $18,357 | $19,045 | $27,266 |
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 Centenary, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Centenary, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $8,079 a year. That adds up to $32,316 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Centenary are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 Jefferson St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 |
| Phone: | 908-852-1400 |
| Website: | www.centenaryuniversity.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 128 | $49,381 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 30 | $54,633 |
| Educational Administration | 27 | NA |
| Animal Services | 26 | $34,104 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 21 | $27,933 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 20 | $37,259 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 19 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 18 | $26,569 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 17 | $32,988 |
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, 679 students took at least one online class at Centenary University. This is a decrease from the 842 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 679 | 185 |
| 2021-2022 | 842 | 123 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,579 | 412 |
| 2018-2019 | 330 | 201 |
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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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