Associate's · Sewell, New Jersey

Is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General at Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $39,032; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $50,893; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $12,000; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $30k (likely $30k – $41k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NJ; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 5.7 years (likely 4.4–8.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$22k (likely −$74k – $19k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $131k (likely $25k – $246k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 34%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26