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Stockton University was awarded 25 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminology.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Stockton State is ranked #541 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Stockton State held the #628 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 45 colleges in New Jersey, Stockton State is ranked at #19.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 86%, some consider Stockton 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 28% of students accepted to Stockton State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 620.
The student to faculty ratio at Stockton University is about average at 16 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 Stockton University is 49%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Stockton University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Stockton State the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,846 undergraduates at Stockton State with 8,427 being full-time and 419 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,870 | $11,789 | $14,352 | $23,842 | $25,497 |
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 Stockton 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 Stockton State, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,452 a year. That adds up to $29,808 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Stockton State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441 |
| Phone: | 609-652-1776 |
| Website: | https://www.stockton.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 429 | $43,533 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 325 | $25,791 |
| General Psychology | 192 | $28,046 |
| Criminology | 180 | $34,596 |
| Social Work | 136 | $37,749 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 135 | $42,209 |
| General Biology | 112 | $30,447 |
| Nursing | 90 | $81,885 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 74 | $28,263 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 70 | $33,224 |
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, 4,509 students took at least one online class at Stockton University. This is a decrease from the 5,673 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,509 | 602 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,673 | 791 |
| 2020-2021 | 9,580 | 3,589 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,500 | 333 |
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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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