Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs in New Jersey
38 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 19 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $42,682 at Thomas Edison State University.
What this work pays in New Jersey
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in New Jersey earn a median of $85,260 a year across 1,040 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Edison State University Trenton | Associate's degree | $15,421 | $42,682 (24 grads) | 97 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel | Associate's degree | $9,250 | $26,048 (186 grads) | 1,105 |
| Camden County College Blackwood | Associate's degree | $10,000 | $25,072 (161 grads) | 473 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Associate's degree | $9,250 | $24,638 (145 grads) | 521 |
| Hudson County Community College Jersey City | Associate's degree | $8,096 | $24,096 (139 grads) | 271 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford | Associate's degree | $9,500 | $23,980 (161 grads) | 458 |
| Bergen Community College Paramus | Associate's degree | $11,500 | $23,827 (366 grads) | 1,609 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $23,803 (35 grads) | 226 |
| Ocean County College Toms River | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $23,440 (323 grads) | 903 |
| County College of Morris Randolph | Associate's degree | $9,963 | $22,747 (37 grads) | 223 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Associate's degree | $9,992 | $22,329 (123 grads) | 239 |
| Sussex County Community College Newton | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $22,094 (57 grads) | 147 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $19,712 (136 grads) | 354 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $19,712 (136 grads) | 251 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing | Associate's degree | $8,800 | $19,455 (64 grads) | 219 |
| Essex County College Newark | Associate's degree | — | $16,610 (48 grads) | 173 |
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft | Associate's degree | $10,399 | $16,264 (77 grads) | 220 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Madison | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $15,894 (12 grads) | 0 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Teaneck | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $15,894 (12 grads) | 46 |
| Mercer County Community College West Windsor | Associate's degree | $6,225 | not published | 242 |
| Pillar College Newark | Associate's degree | $12,988 | not published | 34 |
| Warren County Community College Washington | Associate's degree | $8,000 | not published | 76 |
| Assumption College for Sisters Denville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Bergen Community College Paramus | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Centenary University Hackettstown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| County College of Morris Randolph | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Felician University Lodi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Felician University Lodi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Monmouth University West Long Branch | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Rider University Lawrenceville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Saint Peter's University Jersey City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Salem Community College Carneys Point | Associate's degree | — | not published | 23 |
| Sussex County Community College Newton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.