Private for-profit · Community college

P C Age-Jersey City

Jersey City, New Jersey · Large city

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Transfer rate: $22,098
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $54,323
Median earnings

P C Age-Jersey City is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Jersey City, New Jersey (large city setting), enrolling 106 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 106 undergradsLarge cityCold 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: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 2 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub

How P C Age-Jersey City compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 66% · #34 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention80%

Higher than 65%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$54,323

Higher than 94% · #6 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$22,098

Cheaper than 26% · #54 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$12,966

Lower than 23%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment106

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare P C Age-Jersey City 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

Women109%
Men9691%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White9.4%
Black42%
Hispanic36%
Asian10%
Other or multiracial1.9%

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: 24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 39%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 77%
Median family income: $24,088

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: $22,098

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 80%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $51,920
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $54,323
Median debt at graduation: $12,966
Students with federal loans: 49%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 38%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

73%

Low-income (Pell)

65%

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: $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

$21,259

$30–48k

$25,489

$48–75k

$22,428

$75–110k

$27,506

$110k+

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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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$500

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $500. 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 93 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): $54,323
Typical debt at graduation: $12,966
Debt vs. one year's pay: 24%
Out-earn a HS grad: 70%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years 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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$52,834

Men

$54,251

Men out-earn women by $1,417 (3%) 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

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Harrison, NJ US station (4.6 mi from campus).

What P C Age-Jersey City graduates study — and earn

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

76 grads$39k 1 yr$53k 5 yr$13k debt

76$39,380$53,399$13,000

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.