Which TCNJ major has the lowest debt?

Biology graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 21 TCNJ bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does TCNJ cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $19,632 a year, and $25,752 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $27,646 a year.

How many TCNJ programs report graduate pay?

23 bachelor's programs at TCNJ report first-year pay, and 21 of them also report federal debt.

TCNJ Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

The College of New Jersey
Public college
Ewing, NJ
7,105 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

23 TCNJ bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($85,986), and Biology the least ($25,340). The median program pays $50,762.

In-state tuition and fees$19,632Per year. Out-of-state $25,752

Average net price after aid$27,646Per year

Graduation rate86%Within 6 years

Admission rate62%Of applicants

All 23 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	NursingAbout 67 graduates a year	$85,986	$98,401	$26,204	16th of 19
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 47 graduates a year	$84,539	$105,889	$24,125	1st of 14
3	Computer EngineeringAbout 12 graduates a year	$84,241	Not reported	$25,725	2nd of 3
4	AccountingAbout 43 graduates a year	$74,403	$98,331	$22,500	1st of 15
5	Electrical EngineeringAbout 18 graduates a year	$73,531	$97,224	Not reported	5th of 5
6	Civil EngineeringAbout 29 graduates a year	$71,649	Not reported	$26,500	2nd of 5
7	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 40 graduates a year	$65,761	$84,253	$22,875	6th of 6
8	EconomicsAbout 25 graduates a year	$62,218	$77,796	$23,500	2nd of 8
9	Business AdministrationAbout 276 graduates a year	$56,286	$98,541	$23,250	4th of 22
10	Teacher EducationAbout 99 graduates a year	$56,231	$58,713	$26,000	4th of 9
11	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 60 graduates a year	$56,055	$65,228	$26,000	2nd of 6
12	MathematicsAbout 57 graduates a year	$50,762	$77,172	$26,000	6th of 11
13	SociologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$46,953	$67,732	$24,208	1st of 13
14	JournalismAbout 10 graduates a year	$42,217	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 4
15	Political ScienceAbout 39 graduates a year	$40,229	$79,476	$25,625	2nd of 12
16	CommunicationsAbout 79 graduates a year	$37,151	$72,091	$23,000	3rd of 15
17	Criminal JusticeAbout 63 graduates a year	$36,070	$64,467	$20,500	5th of 15
18	EnglishAbout 59 graduates a year	$35,925	$56,415	$25,000	7th of 13
19	International RelationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$34,841	$75,393	$24,952	2nd of 2
20	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 79 graduates a year	$33,214	$56,001	$25,000	2nd of 10
21	PsychologyAbout 134 graduates a year	$28,920	$65,599	$24,905	11th of 19
22	HistoryAbout 52 graduates a year	$26,218	$59,014	$25,000	11th of 11
23	BiologyAbout 137 graduates a year	$25,340	$72,463	$19,500	18th of 19

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.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

4 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$85,986
Computer and Information Science$84,539
Computer Engineering$84,241
Accounting$74,403
Electrical Engineering$73,531

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 276 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 137 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 134 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 99 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 79 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $85,986 in their first year, the most of 23 TCNJ 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