Private for-profit · Community college

PC AGE-Metropark

Iselin, New Jersey · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $19,952
Avg net price: 57%
Grad / completion: $54,323
Median earnings

PC AGE-Metropark is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Iselin, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 46 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 46 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Iselin, New Jersey

Iselin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 20 miles to New York, NY
To the ocean: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub

How PC AGE-Metropark compares

Graduation rate57%

Higher than 45% · #53 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention78%

Higher than 60%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$54,323

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

Average net price$19,952

Cheaper than 33% · #49 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$12,966

Lower than 23%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment46

Larger than 12%

Percentiles compare PC AGE-Metropark 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

Women49%
Men4291%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White17%
Black48%
Hispanic24%
Asian11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 46
Student–faculty ratio: 24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 24%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 79%
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: $19,952

Outcomes

Graduated: 57%
First-year retention: 78%
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: 34%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 38%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

57%

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

$19,449

$30–48k

$21,799

$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

PC AGE-Metropark 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): $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: 88°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 48.7″
Annual snow: 21.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Plainfield, NJ US station (5 mi from campus).

What PC AGE-Metropark graduates study — and earn

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

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

27$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.