Private for-profit · College

Eastern International College-Jersey City

Jersey City, New Jersey · Large city

69.6%
Admit rate
$21,111
Avg net price
34%
Graduation rate
$35,008
Median earnings

Eastern International College-Jersey City is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Jersey City, New Jersey (large city setting), enrolling 495 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 495 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 70% admitCold wintersNear the coast

About Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark. In 1609, Henry Hudson, seeking an alternate route to East Asia on behalf of the Dutch East India Company, anchored his small vessel Halve Maen (English: Half Moon) at Sandy Hook, Harsimus Cove and Weehawken Cove, and elsewhere along what was later named the North River. Jersey City is a regional employment center and one of the largest in the state with over 100,000 private and public sector jobs, creating a daytime swell in population. Many jobs are in the financial and service sectors, as well as in shipping, logistics, and retail. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
3 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean
2 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub

How Eastern International College-Jersey City compares

Selectivity69.6%

More selective than 64% · #12 most selective of 43 in New Jersey

Graduation rate34%

Higher than 16% · #33 of 47 in New Jersey

First-year retention55%

Higher than 9%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,008

Higher than 7% · #37 of 38 in New Jersey

Average net price$21,111

Cheaper than 45% · #29 cheapest of 46 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$24,751

Lower than 40%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment495

Larger than 22%

Percentiles compare Eastern International College-Jersey City with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in New Jersey.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

495undergrads
  • Women44891%
  • Men479%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White17%
  • Black32%
  • Hispanic37%
  • Asian8.1%
  • Other or multiracial6.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
495
Student–faculty ratio
15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
39%
First-generation students
52%
Students over 25
68%
Median family income
$22,886
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$63,342

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

Admissions

Admission rate
69.6%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$18,383
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,000
Total cost of attendance
$26,182
Average net price
$21,111

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
34%
Graduated on time (4 years)
6%
First-year retention
55%
Transferred to another college
4%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$36,936
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,008
Median debt at graduation
$24,751
Students with federal loans
61%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
20%

About 28% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
6%
Low-income (Pell)
40%
First-generation
43%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$125

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (495 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

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
$21,111
$30–48k
$48–75k
$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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$110,310

$21,111/year × about 5.2 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$35,008
Typical debt at graduation
$24,751
Debt vs. one year's pay
71%
Out-earn a HS grad
36%

Typical debt would take roughly 7.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$34,402
Men
$43,352

Men out-earn women by $8,950 (26%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
87°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
50.4″
Annual snow
28.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.54.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Harrison, NJ US station (4.9 mi from campus).

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.