New Jersey City University (NJCU) has long been recognized as a regional and national leader in the life changing metric of social mobility, and NJCU’s transformative role in this area has been affirmed once again. NJCU has been recognized as a Top Public School and a Top Performer on Social Mobility in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2025 rankings announced today.
NJCU ranks tied for No. 55 among Top Public Universities in the North by U.S. News & World Report and tied for No. 82 in Top Performers on Social Mobility in the 2025 listings.
NJCU’s recognition as one of the top public colleges improving students’ upward economic mobility — a long-time tenet of NJCU’s mission and its vital role in the State of New Jersey — demonstrates the great return on investment its graduates achieve. In fact, NJCU was ranked No. 1 in New Jersey and Top 10 in the nation in the CollegeNET Social Mobility Index for 2023.
The university serves the most socioeconomically diverse student population with the median household annual income of the students standing at $42,200 — the lowest of New Jersey’s four-year public colleges by a considerable margin, and 54 percent of the university’s students are first generation college students. However, 10 years after graduation, students earn 22% more than the national average income.