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Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ · 23 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 21 · Federal debt reported for 17
Based onFederal evidence is incompleteEstimateNot enough data
Estimated 10-year payoff
Price unavailable
Payoff needs a reliable price
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
Not availableTime to earn back the modeled cost
Not availableEstimated return after 10 years
$81,135Observed earnings · year 5
Not availableHighest annual price before payoff reaches $0
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No payoff curve is shown.
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
PUBLISHED STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $5,170 housing and food allowance plus $500 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Most students take at least some classes online.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in New Jersey run 9% above the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$12,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$133/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$81,135Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
6,707Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about Thomas Edison State University
What does Thomas Edison State University cost?
The current federal record does not provide a reliable average net price for Thomas Edison State University.
What do Thomas Edison State University graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $81,135 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do Thomas Edison State University graduates have?
Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $12,500. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
Is every degree at Thomas Edison State University worth the same?
No. The current release contains 23 field-and-degree records for Thomas Edison State University; 21 report year-4 earnings and 17 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
DEBT AFTER COLLEGE
Are borrowers making progress?
Repayment progress, default and debt at exit describe different federal borrower cohorts. They are shown separately and do not change the ROI estimate.
Source: College Scorecard. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers who reduced principal by at least $1 at the stated measurement point. Debt covers federal student loans; Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. Cohorts and reporting periods differ across measures.
Who studied here during the year
10,750Students enrolled at any point
9,676Undergraduate students
1,074Graduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Completion rate not reported
40% received a Pell Grant within eight yearsMedian Parent PLUS debt
16 parent borrowers in the reported cohortMedian federal student debt
51% making progress in repayment after three yearsStudent family incomeMedian earnings after 10 yearsObserved federal cohorts
Lower income$59,960Earnings are not a guarantee
Middle income$70,868Earnings are not a guarantee
Higher income$93,929Earnings are not a guarantee
Three-year repayment progress
Lower income47%
Middle income54%
Higher income65%
Undergraduate student composition
White43%
Black16%
Hispanic17%
Asian4%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
INDEPENDENT CENSUS EARNINGS VIEW
How earnings develop by field
Privacy-protected Census employment records follow graduate cohorts one, five and ten years after completion. This source is kept separate from College Scorecard because its population and methodology differ.
Field and credentialYear 1Year 5Year 10
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 13
$95,876Year 1
$120,518Year 5
$131,137Year 10
Accounting and Computer Science.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 30
$101,153Year 1
$113,954Year 5
$130,034Year 10
Accounting and Related Services.Master’s degree · Broad federal field 52
$98,496Year 1
$108,252Year 5
$126,300Year 10
Accounting and Computer Science.Associate degree · Broad federal field 30
$85,997Year 1
$102,062Year 5
$119,554Year 10
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 51
$99,506Year 1
$106,631Year 5
$116,412Year 10
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.Associate degree · Broad federal field 47
$77,901Year 1
$103,751Year 5
$107,201Year 10
Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 43
$67,394Year 1
$89,880Year 5
$104,958Year 10
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians.Associate degree · Broad federal field 15
$83,557Year 1
$94,156Year 5
$103,356Year 10
Median annual earnings in 2023 dollars. Each time point may use a different pooled graduation cohort. Coverage is limited to institutions participating in the Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes program.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
$72,369Year 1
$85,816Year 4
$81,135Year 5
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$118,2572Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Master's Degree$112,3393Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$111,6724Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Bachelor's Degree$109,3955Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$105,4616Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$104,6727Biological and Physical Sciences · Bachelor's Degree$90,5078Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$89,947Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree · $109,395 reported+96%vs same-degree national median$11,474federal debt2Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $65,807 reported+56%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Biological and Physical SciencesBachelor's Degree · $90,507 reported+54%vs same-degree national median$18,500federal debt4Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherMaster's Degree · $112,339 reported+50%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree · $105,461 reported+47%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate's Degree · $71,291 reported+41%vs same-degree national median$11,312federal debt
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- Annual net price
- $16,504
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $89,013
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +79%
Rutgers University-Camden
- Annual net price
- $18,745
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $75,436
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +19%
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- Annual net price
- $19,703
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $75,436
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +18%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Annual net price
- $24,406
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $75,436
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +10%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing all 23 field-and-degree records in the current release.
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.