Pillar College
Newark, NJ · Private · Large city
Private institution in Newark, NJ · 469 undergraduates · $45,577 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 5%Average net price
- Top 13%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $5,804108th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $24,8201,225th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $24,8201,068th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $33,6621,063rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,483812th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,5771,325th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $37,8851,358th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 34.1%1,673rd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 81.3%607th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4691,701st largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14.0:11,172nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 55.6%272nd highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 3 mi (EWR)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 6 of 6 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $42,728 | $38,289 |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $37,856 | $33,993 |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information OperationsMilitary Technologies | bachelors | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitepillar.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 440794)
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