unitid 187198 · Cranford, NJ · public 2-year · suburb (large)
UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey
- enrollment 2023
- 10,973
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
7,939
88th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
43%
undergrads on Pell grants
85th pctl among public 2-years
completion
35%
finish within 150% time
43rd pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,569
31st pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$8,257
after aid, aided students
54th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,595
after entry, Title IV students
70th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$15,091
94th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,880 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k52%
- 30-48k22%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k7%
- 110k+5%
- Median family income
- $24,441
- First-generation students
- 54%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,280
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 367 | $39,076 | $9,500 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 296 | $97,322 | $30,195 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 149 | $55,138 | $6,456 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 131 | — | $12,241 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 59 | $51,857 | $11,343 |
| Engineering, General. | 56 | $64,157 | $8,508 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 48 | $73,049 | $22,755 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 42 | $63,315 | $20,246 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 37 | $34,975 | $7,350 |
| Human Services, General. | 31 | $47,825 | $10,942 |
| Computer Science. | 30 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 28 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.