Which New Jersey City University major has the lowest debt?

Homeland Security graduates leave with a median of $14,562 in federal loans, the lowest among 20 New Jersey City University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does New Jersey City University cost?

Tuition and fees are $14,460 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,053 a year.

How many New Jersey City University programs report graduate pay?

20 bachelor's programs at New Jersey City University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

New Jersey City University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Jersey City, NJ
3,681 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

20 New Jersey City University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($90,730), and Communications the least ($13,796). The median program pays $38,354.

Tuition and fees$14,460Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$16,053Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 6 years

Admission rate98%Of applicants

All 20 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 108 graduates a year	$90,730	$101,035	$28,000	10th of 19
2	Fire ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$54,600	$62,597	$26,000	1st of 1
3	FinanceAbout 26 graduates a year	$44,160	$68,816	$23,125	8th of 8
4	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 66 graduates a year	$41,876	$74,174	$19,500	11th of 14
5	Business AdministrationAbout 66 graduates a year	$41,812	$56,995	$22,000	14th of 22
6	AccountingAbout 49 graduates a year	$41,542	$66,582	$22,378	13th of 15
7	HistoryAbout 28 graduates a year	$40,919	$54,387	$25,629	4th of 11
8	Romance LanguagesAbout 9 graduates a year	$39,714	$59,717	$19,777	3rd of 6
9	Homeland SecurityAbout 44 graduates a year	$39,624	$56,988	$14,562	2nd of 2
10	MarketingAbout 34 graduates a year	$38,728	$68,854	$17,910	4th of 9
11	BiologyAbout 77 graduates a year	$37,980	$54,988	$19,750	4th of 19
12	Health SciencesAbout 18 graduates a year	$37,691	$43,656	$28,499	2nd of 6
13	EnglishAbout 22 graduates a year	$37,244	$53,839	$26,980	5th of 13
14	Criminal JusticeAbout 70 graduates a year	$34,027	$52,935	$21,500	9th of 15
15	SociologyAbout 35 graduates a year	$32,082	$47,043	$25,781	9th of 13
16	MathematicsAbout 16 graduates a year	$30,605	$54,338	$20,250	11th of 11
17	PsychologyAbout 141 graduates a year	$28,969	$46,864	$22,081	10th of 19
18	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 43 graduates a year	$19,326	$46,398	$19,000	10th of 10
19	MusicAbout 23 graduates a year	$18,544	$33,547	$22,500	9th of 9
20	CommunicationsAbout 17 graduates a year	$13,796	$33,497	$16,914	15th 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.

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.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$90,730
Fire Science$54,600
Finance$44,160
Computer and Information Science$41,876
Business Administration$41,812

Lowest median debt

Homeland Security$14,562
Communications$16,914
Marketing$17,910
Fine and Studio Arts$19,000
Computer and Information Science$19,500

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 141 graduates a year
NursingAbout 108 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 77 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 70 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 66 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $90,730 in their first year, the most of 20 New Jersey City 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