Which Centenary University major has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $20,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Centenary University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Centenary University cost?

Tuition and fees are $37,732 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,503 a year.

How many Centenary University programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at Centenary University report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Centenary University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Hackettstown, NJ
910 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Centenary University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Teacher Education pays the most in the first year ($54,633), and Communications the least ($17,274). The median program pays $33,546.

Tuition and fees$37,732Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$20,503Per year

Graduation rate56%Within 6 years

Admission rate83%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New Jersey" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New Jersey. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New Jersey
1	Teacher EducationAbout 40 graduates a year	$54,633	$54,473	$27,000	5th of 9
2	Business AdministrationAbout 70 graduates a year	$49,381	$64,861	$26,481	7th of 22
3	BiologyAbout 7 graduates a year	$44,312	Not reported	$26,742	1st of 19
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 13 graduates a year	$37,259	$55,071	$20,500	4th of 15
5	Animal ServicesAbout 19 graduates a year	$34,104	Not reported	$23,250	1st of 1
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year	$32,988	Not reported	$27,000	9th of 12
7	SociologyAbout 5 graduates a year	$32,049	$59,060	$27,000	10th of 13
8	Experimental PsychologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$27,933	Not reported	$25,358	2nd of 2
9	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 5 graduates a year	$26,569	$36,388	$27,000	6th of 8
10	CommunicationsAbout 5 graduates a year	$17,274	Not reported	Not reported	14th of 15

Program names link to the program's own page, and New Jersey ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New Jersey programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Teacher Education$54,633
Business Administration$49,381
Biology$44,312
Criminal Justice$37,259
Animal Services$34,104

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$20,500
Animal Services$23,250
Experimental Psychology$25,358
Business Administration$26,481
Biology$26,742

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 70 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 40 graduates a year
Animal ServicesAbout 19 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 14 graduates a year

Common questions

Teacher Education graduates earn a median of $54,633 in their first year, the most of 10 Centenary University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New Jersey rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels