COLLEGES · 30-YEAR ROI · EWING, NJ
Is The College of New Jersey worth the money?
Yes — at resident pricing. A The College of New Jersey degree clears +$1.73M in 30-year projected net value over skipping college and investing the difference.
A public four-year school in Ewing, New Jersey, priced as a New Jersey resident — earnings rolled up from 27 FREOPP-reported programs.
IPEDS 2023 cost · FREOPP 2021 earnings · BEA 2023 cost-of-living · same model as /worth-it · this school clears positive net value.
- 30-year net value · resident pricing
- +$1.73M
- Median earnings · 10 yrs after entry
- $67,716
- Breaks even by age
- 40
- FREOPP program coverage
- 27 programs
The College of New Jersey tuition & cost
- Annual tuition · New Jersey resident
- $18,685
- Annual tuition · out-of-state
- $24,568
- Total cost of attendance (4 years, sticker)
- $137,016
Sticker tuition, before aid. Priced as a New Jersey resident; the out-of-state line is the non-resident rate. Total cost of attendance adds fees, housing, and living costs over 4 years (IPEDS 2023).
Coming from out of state?
Still worth it — at non-resident tuition, The College of New Jersey clears +$1.53M over the same 30-year horizon, on a total sticker cost of $160,548. The residency line is worth $200K to you here — same school, same degree (the out-of-state tax in New Jersey, ranked).
How this is computed (and what it isn’t)
The College of New Jersey runs through the /worth-it model at its resident tuition rate, with the standard loan assumptions, a 30-year horizon, and New Jersey’s own cost-of-living on the skip-college path. The “30-year net value” is the projected accumulated value of going vs. skipping and investing the difference, in real dollars.
What it isn’t: a verdict on every major. The school-level number averages across 27 FREOPP-reported programs — the field you pick swings it by over a million dollars on its own. We only publish school pages that clear positive net value at resident pricing; earnings roll up from at least three FREOPP programs (ADR-0032), so a single high-earning major can’t fake the number.
Questions
- Is The College of New Jersey worth the money?
- At resident pricing, yes: The College of New Jersey clears +$1.73M in 30-year projected net value versus skipping college and investing the difference. That is computed from a total cost of attendance of $137,016 and median earnings of $67,716 ten years after entry (IPEDS 2023 cost, FREOPP 2021 earnings, BEA 2023 cost-of-living — the same model as the LE TEEN calculator).
- How much is tuition at The College of New Jersey?
- The College of New Jersey's annual sticker tuition is $18,685 for New Jersey residents and $24,568 for out-of-state students, before financial aid. Total cost of attendance over 4 years — tuition plus fees, housing, and living costs — is $137,016 (IPEDS 2023).
- What is the total cost of The College of New Jersey?
- Over 4 years, The College of New Jersey's sticker cost of attendance is $137,016 at resident pricing, or $160,548 out-of-state — tuition, fees, housing, and living costs at New Jersey prices, before financial aid. Median earnings ten years after entry are $67,716.
- What is out-of-state tuition at The College of New Jersey?
- Non-resident annual sticker tuition at The College of New Jersey is $24,568, versus $18,685 for New Jersey residents — a premium of $5,883 a year. Even at the non-resident rate, The College of New Jersey clears positive 30-year net value.
- How long until a The College of New Jersey degree pays for itself?
- The degree path overtakes the skip-college path around age 40 under our defaults — from there the gap only widens, ending +$1.73M ahead at the 30-year horizon.
- What could change the number for The College of New Jersey?
- Two levers dominate. Residency: this page prices The College of New Jersey as a New Jersey resident; at non-resident tuition it still clears +$1.53M, but the gap is real money (see the out-of-state tax in New Jersey). And the major: the field you pick swings lifetime ROI by over a million dollars on its own (see the majors pages).
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Cite this:
LE TEEN (2026). “Is The College of New Jersey worth the money? 30-year ROI.” Data: IPEDS 2023 · FREOPP 2021 · BEA 2023. https://le-teen.com/colleges/the-college-of-new-jersey