Master's · Ewing, New Jersey
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at The College of New Jersey worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,962
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,759
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $45,905
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $49k (likely $49k – $49k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$712 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NJ
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$244k (likely −$321k – −$161k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$261k (likely −$414k – −$96k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at The College of New Jersey
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$111,509
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$109,410
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$105,377
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$104,369
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$93,977
- Economics (Bachelor's)$92,325
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,004
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$91,736
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,052
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$90,396
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$85,978
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (Graduate certificate)$77,096
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in New Jersey
- William Paterson University of New Jersey$74,275
- Kean University$68,271
- Monmouth University$67,853
- Montclair State University$66,833
- Rider University$66,766
- Saint Peter's University$66,181
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick$65,081
- New Jersey City University$64,068
- Seton Hall University$63,471
- Rowan University$56,644