by our College Data Analytics Team
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.
Monmouth University was awarded 16 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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College Factual ranked Monmouth as #392 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Monmouth held the #627 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Monmouth is also ranked #15 out of 45 schools in New Jersey.
With an acceptance rate of 91%, Monmouth has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 23% of students accepted to Monmouth submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 640.
At Monmouth, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 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.
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 Monmouth University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Monmouth University has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. 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 Monmouth the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 64%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,263 undergraduates at Monmouth with 4,093 being full-time and 170 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,808 | $22,844 | $26,077 | $35,255 | $36,851 |
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 Monmouth, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Monmouth, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $10,722 a year. That adds up to $42,888 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Monmouth are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 |
| Phone: | 732-571-3400 |
| Website: | https://www.monmouth.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 445 | $47,179 |
| Social Work | 133 | NA |
| Nursing | 122 | $88,812 |
| General Education | 108 | $55,579 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 99 | $25,742 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 84 | $29,770 |
| General Psychology | 60 | $28,590 |
| History and Political Science | 58 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 54 | $37,862 |
| General English Literature | 51 | $50,737 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,196 students took at least one online class at Monmouth University. This is a decrease from the 1,774 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,196 | 192 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,774 | 190 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,445 | 1,884 |
| 2018-2019 | 774 | 186 |
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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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