Public · Community college

Rowan College at Burlington County

Mount Laurel, New Jersey · Large suburb

#4 best value in New Jersey
15%
Transfer rate
$5,344
Avg net price
36%
Grad / completion
$44,745
Median earnings

Rowan College at Burlington County is a public associate-granting institution in Mount Laurel, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 6,267 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 6,267 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Mount Laurel, New Jersey

Mount Laurel is a township in Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township was named for a hill covered with laurel trees. Laurel Acres Park is known for its Veterans Memorial, fishing lake, playground, and grassy hill used for concerts and sledding in the winter when it snows. Laurel Acres Park is right between Church Street at Union Mill Road. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
7 miles
Nearest airport
20 miles to Philadelphia (PHL) · major hub

How Rowan College at Burlington County compares

Graduation rate36%

Higher than 21% · #75 of 89 in New Jersey

First-year retention58%

Higher than 20%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$44,745

Higher than 83% · #23 of 68 in New Jersey

Average net price$5,344

Cheaper than 90% · #4 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio21 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment6,267

Larger than 93%

Percentiles compare Rowan College at Burlington County 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

6,267undergrads
  • Women3,91863%
  • Men2,34937%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White46%
  • Black22%
  • Hispanic18%
  • Asian5.1%
  • Other or multiracial8.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
6,267
Student–faculty ratio
21 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
31%
First-generation students
48%
Students over 25
30%
Median family income
$28,409
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$73,800
Endowment
$1,786,413

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 1,802 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From New Jersey99%
  • Other U.S. states1.0%

Most first-years stay in state — Rowan College at Burlington County 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
$6,990
Out-of-state tuition
$9,510
Room & board
Books & supplies
$525
Total cost of attendance
$12,243
Average net price
$5,344

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
36%
First-year retention
58%
Transferred to another college
15%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,978
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$44,745
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
Students with federal loans
8%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
38%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
36%
Low-income (Pell)
20%
First-generation
19%

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

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
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (6,620 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.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$4,071
$30–48k
$3,596
$48–75k
$5,586
$75–110k
$8,088
$110k+
$11,789

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.

4%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,337
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,337. 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 1,165 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)
$44,745
Typical debt at graduation
$10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
23%
Out-earn a HS grad
49%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 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
$42,414
Men
$47,548

Men out-earn women by $5,134 (12%) 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
42.8″
Annual snow
24.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MT Holly S Jersey AP, NJ US station (3.2 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.