Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 281 Title IV programs, 59 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 221 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing59 · 21.0%
- No Data221 · 78.6%
- Failing1 · 0.4%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 13
Action history · 33
- May 2025Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Feb 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Aug 2024Removal of Show Cause StatusCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Feb 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Jun 2023Initial AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 6,539 students received $38.3M in Pell grants, alongside $168.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 4,199 borrowers who entered repayment, 83 (1.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Rowan
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus34
- Public property4
Includes 25 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Townhouse 1001 fireCookingDamage $100-$999
Data quality: 3 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Rowan vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Rowan selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRowan University | 67% | — | 21,026 | $22,408 | R2 Research |
| 65% | 87.9% | 23,375 | $15,566 | R2 Research | |
| 64% | 71.4% | 11,315 | $19,703 | R2 Research | |
| 67% | 66.3% | 5,675 | $18,745 | R2 Research | |
| 71% | 78.4% | 17,171 | $23,331 | R2 Research | |
| 57% | 60.0% | 15,544 | $3,776 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 66% | 71.4% | 16,358 | $19,224 |
Institutions like Rowan
Explore the federal data for institutions in Rowan's comparison group.
- R2 ResearchNew Jersey
Montclair State University
Grad rate65%Admit rate87.9%Enrollment23,375Net price$15,566View data - R2 ResearchNew Jersey
Rutgers University-Newark
Grad rate64%Admit rate71.4%Enrollment11,315Net price$19,703View data - R2 ResearchNew Jersey
Rutgers University-Camden
Grad rate67%Admit rate66.3%Enrollment5,675Net price$18,745View data - R2 ResearchPennsylvania
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Grad rate71%Admit rate78.4%Enrollment17,171Net price$23,331View data - R2 ResearchNew York
CUNY City College
Grad rate57%Admit rate60.0%Enrollment15,544Net price$3,776View data
Rowan Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional Reporting supplies information to state, federal, and accreditation compliance agencies and completes surveys for ranking agencies.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
Rowan's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C122,410 applied → 17,152 admitted (76.5%) → 3,455 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 76.5% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1100–1300 (median 1200).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 23–30 (median 25).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $37,149 (2025-2026).
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 69%; first-year retention 83%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 10 pts below the overall rate (58% vs 69%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I343% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~25% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B23% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B117,157 undergraduates and 4,901 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D14,380 transfer applicants → 3,506 admitted (80.1%) → 1,887 enrolled
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