New Jersey City University Outcomes: $61K Earnings (2026)

How much do New Jersey City University graduates earn?

The reported median is $60,965 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $3,664 per year.

The earnings scenarios show a wide spread: from $44,048 on the downside to $94,017 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.

At the higher end, Nursing graduates earn $102,386 four years after completion, from 222 degrees awarded. Finance follows at $71,548, and Fire Protection at $69,444. The largest program, Nursing, also sits near the top of the earnings range.

An estimated 28.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $60,965
Rank for difference from expectations: 88th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

New Jersey City University reported median: $60,965
Peer schools comparable schools · $3,664 below New Jersey City University: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $12,461 below New Jersey City University: $48,504

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $44,048
Median · reported: $60,965
Higher estimate: $94,017

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do New Jersey City University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

New Jersey City University graduates’ reported earnings are $12,461 above that expectation, the 88th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending New Jersey City University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at New Jersey City University report the highest earnings?

Four years after completion, earnings vary sharply by field at New Jersey City University. Nursing is both the largest program and the highest-earning, with 222 degrees awarded and a median of $102,386.

Its median is 1.15x times the national median for the field. Other large programs sit at more moderate levels.

Psychology awards 138 degrees and reports median earnings of $46,575, placing it #243 nationally in its field. Business Administration and Management follows with 101 degrees awarded and a median of $59,925.

Criminal Justice is the university's best-ranked program, at #93 nationally and #7 in New Jersey. It awards 94 degrees and its median earnings of $55,293 match the national benchmark for the field.

Business accounts for 21.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Health Professions close behind at 20.4%. Nursing is the largest single program, at 222 degrees a year, and its graduates earn a median of $102,386 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks two programs nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions. Homeland Security ranks #3 in its field, with 61 degrees awarded and median earnings of $63,137.

Fire Protection ranks #5 in its field, awarding 20 degrees and showing median earnings of $69,444. The highest-earning program is Nursing, at $102,386.

Finance follows at $71,548, from 50 degrees a year. The earnings spread between the largest program and the next tier is wide, and a student's field matters a great deal here.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from a downside of $44,048 to a typical outcome of $60,965 and an upside of $94,017. The spread shows that earnings vary substantially by field.

At the high end, Nursing graduates earn $102,386 four years after completion. Among the largest programs, Psychology sits at the lower end with $46,575.

Graduates of New Jersey City University earn about $12,461 more than expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, a stronger showing than the raw earnings figure alone would suggest.

The median earnings four years after completion is $60,965, drawn from an earnings cohort of 1,959 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. That is $3,664 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, range from a downside of $44,048 to an upside of $94,017, with a typical scenario of $60,965. An estimated 28.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.