Public · Community college

Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS

Hackensack, New Jersey · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $10,588
Avg net price: 91%
Grad / completion: $49,739
Median earnings

Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS is a public certificate-granting institution in Hackensack, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 106 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 106 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack is the most populous municipality in and the county seat of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape, an Algonquian people who became known to settlers as 'the Delaware Indians.' They lived along a river they called Achinigeu-hach, or "Ackingsah-sack", which translates to stony ground—today this river is more commonly known by the name 'the Hackensack River.' A representation of Chief Oratam of the Achkinhenhcky appears on the Hackensack municipal seal. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 13 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 5 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Teterboro (TEB)

How Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS compares

Graduation rate91%

Higher than 91% · #13 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention42%

Higher than 6%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$49,739

Higher than 90% · #11 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$10,588

Cheaper than 68% · #20 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$3,608

Lower than 99%

Student–faculty ratio29 : 1

Lower than 6%

Undergraduate enrollment106

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in New Jersey.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women1716%
Men8984%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White40%
Black11%
Hispanic43%
Asian5.7%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 106
Student–faculty ratio: 29 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 27%
First-generation students: 58%
Students over 25: 28%
Median family income: $20,603

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $10,588

Outcomes

Graduated: 91%
First-year retention: 42%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $45,625
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $49,739
Median debt at graduation: $3,608
Students with federal loans: 30%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 58%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$11,584

$30–48k

$8,665

$48–75k

$14,192

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $49,739
Typical debt at graduation: $3,608
Debt vs. one year's pay: 7%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly under a year to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high: 87°F
Winter low: 26°F
Annual rain: 46.3″
Annual snow: 29.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Teterboro AP, NJ US station (3.8 mi from campus).

What Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS graduates study — and earn

23 grads$30k 1 yr$50k 5 yr— debt

23$30,184$50,087—Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

23 grads$44k 1 yr$60k 5 yr— debt

23$44,000$60,484—Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

20 grads$28k 1 yr— 5 yr$6k debt

20$28,266—$6,179 Management Information Systems and Services

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.