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UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey

Cranford, New Jersey·Public, 2-year·Mid East·ucc.edu
6-yr Graduation
35%
Total enrollment
8,330
peer median 7,395
Avg net price
$7,251
+$675 vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
35%
Full-time retention
66%

Pell equity

4.0pp gap
Pell recipients
15%
Non-Pell
19%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 52 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 40 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
52
Passing
12
23.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

52programs
  • Passing12 · 23.1%
  • No Data40 · 76.9%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
2
Watch
1
Safe
9
No data
40

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.

12
Communication and Media Studies
Associate Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+2.6%
$37,008 vs $36,082
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+4.9%
$37,840 vs $36,082
Human Services General
Associate Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+22.2%
$44,089 vs $36,082
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+28.3%
$46,307 vs $36,082
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+32.2%
$47,693 vs $36,082
Computer Science
Associate Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+32.6%
$47,833 vs $36,082
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+35.5%
$48,887 vs $36,082
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+65.8%
$59,825 vs $36,082

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

2
Communication and Media Studies
Associate Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+2.6%
+$926
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+4.9%
+$1,758

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

6
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
28%
$10,402 debt · $37,840 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
24%
$11,343 debt · $47,693 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
21%
$15,672 debt · $74,280 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
20%
$21,000 debt · $103,289 earn
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
19%
$9,068 debt · $48,887 earn
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
17%
$7,915 debt · $46,307 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1957Next review Jan 2033

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 3

  1. Jun 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Oct 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
  3. Jun 2017Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$6,147
$30–48k$6,526
$48–75k$8,090
$75–110k$10,385
$110k+$13,361

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$7,251
+$675vs Community College median $6,577
Federal loans
7.1%
In-state tuition
$5,280
Out-of-state
$9,500

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 4,820 students received $22.7M in Pell grants, alongside $3.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
4,820
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$22.7M
$22,688,000 total
Direct Loans
$3.7M
1,088 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

4k
20
4k
21
4k
22
4k
23
5k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.4M
479 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.2M
600 loan awards
Parent PLUS$66K
9 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 1,008 borrowers who entered repayment, 28 (2.7%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.7%
+0.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,008
Defaulted
28
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
14.9%
2017
12.9%
2018
8.1%
2019
2.7%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at UCC

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs48
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,359 total completions
01Health Professions
51037.5%
02Liberal Arts
35125.8%
03Business
18913.9%
04Computer Sciences
886.5%
05Security/Protective
584.3%
06Engineering
584.3%
07Communication
352.6%
08Biological Sciences
292.1%
09Public Admin
241.8%
10Parks/Recreation
171.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
8,330
12-mo unduplicated
11,360
Undergraduate
11,360
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
38%4,305
Women
62%7,055

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
46.9%
Black
28.4%
White
13.6%
Asian
4.0%
Unknown
2.8%
Two or more
2.4%
Non-resident
1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
206
152 M · 54 W
Women athletes
26.2%
Athletic aid
$109K
Total student aid
Budget
$869K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$109K
Recruiting expense
$1K
$1K
Head-coach salaries
$9K
$8K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 7

Soccer
28 M · 15 W
$61K
Basketball
16 M · 17 W
$368K
Volleyball
17 M · 12 W
$78K
Baseball
28 M ·
$77K
Cross Country
9 M · 7 W
$22K
Wrestling
15 M ·
$49K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.26
2 offenses · 7,796 students

3-year trend

0.242 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.26Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
4
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Robbery
1
Burglary
1

By location

2total
  • On campus2

VAWA offenses

2
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
22.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
73

UCC vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions UCC selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectUCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey
35%8,330$7,251Community College
Hudson County Community College
7,763$5,902Community College
Essex County College
7,026$4,622Community College
Brookdale Community College
9,900$8,882Community College
Mercer County Community College
6,394$5,342Community College
Passaic County Community College
4,782$7,857Community College
Peer group median35%7,395$6,577

Frequently asked questions about UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about UCC.

What is the graduation rate at UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey?

UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey reports a 6-year graduation rate of 35% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey?

UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey reports a total enrollment of 8,330 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey?

The average net price at UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey is $7,251 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey located?

UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey is located in Cranford, New Jersey 07016-1528.

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