by our College Data Analytics Team
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Montclair State University was awarded 112 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is higher education/higher education administration.
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College Factual ranked Montclair State as #290 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 Montclair State held the #346 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 45 colleges in New Jersey, Montclair State is ranked at #10.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 91%, some consider Montclair State to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
About 14% of students accepted to Montclair State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 610. Math scores were between 470 and 590.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Montclair State University, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Montclair State University is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Montclair State University has a freshmen retention rate of 81%. 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 Montclair State the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 45%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Montclair State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 16,374 undergraduates at Montclair State with 14,543 being full-time and 1,831 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,917 | $11,146 | $16,381 | $21,660 | $24,204 |
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 Montclair State, 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 Montclair State, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $7,904 a year. That adds up to $31,616 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Montclair State University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Montclair State University.
Contact details for Montclair State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043-1624 |
| Phone: | 973-655-4000 |
| Website: | www.montclair.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 865 | $42,336 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 511 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 279 | $34,109 |
| Educational Administration | 213 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 185 | $46,739 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 182 | $28,062 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 182 | $33,686 |
| Accounting | 167 | $56,917 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 158 | $29,633 |
| General Biology | 150 | $37,179 |
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, 11,811 students took at least one online class at Montclair State University. This is an increase from the 11,339 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 11,811 | 2,223 |
| 2021-2022 | 11,339 | 2,045 |
| 2020-2021 | 20,050 | 7,195 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,841 | 890 |
Learn more about online learning at Montclair State University.
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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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