Program Payoff

Business/Commerce, General programs in New Jersey

12 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $45,696 at UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey.

What this work pays in New Jersey

General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690 a year across 53,000 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in New Jersey
Managers, All Other$161,51030,270
Project Management Specialists$122,98028,300
Management Analysts$105,82022,080
Sales Managers$173,02020,090
Administrative Services Managers$144,46010,910

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford Associate's degree $9,229 $45,696 (22 grads) 154
Strayer University-New Jersey Piscataway Associate's degree $32,140 $43,426 (54 grads) 32
Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg Associate's degree $9,653 $36,134 (24 grads) 165
Passaic County Community College Paterson Associate's degree $3,800 $30,228 (35 grads) 77
Brookdale Community College Lincroft Associate's degree not published 16
Mercer County Community College West Windsor Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Mercer County Community College West Windsor Associate's degree not published 25
Montclair State University Montclair Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Ocean County College Toms River Associate's degree not published 5
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland Associate's degree not published 7
Thomas Edison State University Trenton Associate's degree not published 0

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.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.