Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $59,988 ten years after enrolling, more than at 68% of colleges; 72% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.9 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$20.5K
According to Rowan University's most recent Common Data Set, 67% of its Class of 2022 graduates (1,846 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $35,245 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
73 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 13 more are enrolled at another college. (4,921 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
58 of 100 finish within 4 years, 71 within 6, and 73 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 58% | 71% | 73% |
| Started in college here | 48% | 67% | 69% |
| Transferred in | 69% | 75% | 77% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 59%, 13 points below students with no need-based federal aid (73%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients854 students
59% · 13 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant667 students
69% · 4 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,154 students
73% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White1,793 students
71% · 3 points above all students
- Asian180 students
77% · 10 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino312 students
52% · 15 points below all students
- Black225 students
56% · 12 points below all students
- Two or more races102 students
64% · 4 points below all students
- International29 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native4 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Rowan University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Rowan University Common Data Set 2022–23, Class of 2022About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)