Private for-profit · Community college

Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus

Paramus, New Jersey · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $41,121
Avg net price: 70%
Grad / completion: $31,914
Median earnings

Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Paramus, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 495 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 495 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Paramus, New Jersey

Paramus is a borough in the central portion of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Albrycht Zaborowski, whose descendants became known by the family name "Zabriskie", immigrated from Poland via the Dutch ship Deb Ves in 1662. He settled in the Dutch West Indies Company town of Ackensack, site of the present-day Hackensack. One of the earliest drive-in theaters opened in Paramus, featuring what was said to be the world's largest and brightest screen, located behind what is now Westfield Garden State Plaza. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 14 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 6 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Teterboro (TEB)

How Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus compares

Graduation rate70%

Higher than 61% · #38 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention63%

Higher than 30%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,914

Higher than 38% · #51 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$41,121

Cheaper than 2% · #80 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$10,521

Lower than 41%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment495

Larger than 62%

Percentiles compare Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus 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

Women37776%
Men11824%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White7.9%
Black39%
Hispanic42%
Asian5.5%
Other or multiracial5.3%

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: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 69%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 59%
Median family income: $17,298

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 220 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From New Jersey72%
Other U.S. states28%

Most first-years stay in state — Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus draws overwhelmingly from New Jersey.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $41,121

Outcomes

Graduated: 70%
First-year retention: 63%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,694
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $31,914
Median debt at graduation: $10,521
Students with federal loans: 85%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

70%

Low-income (Pell)

66%

First-generation

68%

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: Free

Campus safety

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

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

$40,287

$30–48k

$40,842

$48–75k

$41,887

$75–110k

$42,706

$110k+

$44,466

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

64%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,230

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 64% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,230. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 377 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $31,914
Typical debt at graduation: $10,521
Debt vs. one year's pay: 33%
Out-earn a HS grad: 41%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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

$30,500

Men

$36,323

Men out-earn women by $5,823 (19%) 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: 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 (4.5 mi from campus).

What Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

254 grads$54k 1 yr$55k 5 yr$18k debt

254$54,390$54,521$17,644 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

87 grads$31k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$11k debt

87$30,787$32,756$10,916 Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

36 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

36———Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

32 grads$37k 1 yr$45k 5 yr$12k debt

32$36,915$45,467$11,588 Health and Medical Administrative Services

24 grads$30k 1 yr$37k 5 yr$11k debt

24$29,888$37,054$11,159

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.