Brookdale Community College

Lincroft, NJ · Public · 7,901 undergrads · website ↗

25% Hispanic undergrads
Open admission
$25 application fee

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

Not published

This college doesn't report a transfer rate to the Department of Education. That means unknown — not zero. Ask them directly.

Completed after transferring: 1.6%
Still enrolled after transferring: 6.8%

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$9,052
$30,000 – $48,000	$9,276
$48,000 – $75,000	$11,633
$75,000 – $110,000	$13,997
Over $110,000	$17,851
All incomes (average)	$11,231

Sticker tuition and fees: $6,270 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Brookdale Community College's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$15,678
Books and supplies	$2,000
Other expenses, off campus	$8,708

Outcomes

Completion rate: 30%
Students with Pell grants: 24%
Earnings @ 10yr: $44,379
Median debt: $12,000

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $25
Students per faculty member: 19 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 100%

What students study

Business21%

Social Sciences19%

Health & Nursing11%

Education6%

Computer Science5%

Criminal Justice4%

Visual & Performing Arts4%

Engineering2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (18)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Social Sciences, General	266	$35,608	$44,277national $43,146	$11,082
Business Administration, Management and Operations	210	$34,827	$53,328national $48,733	$10,959
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	176	$26,298	$38,816national $44,125	$11,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	131	$84,888	$94,122national $80,813	$17,700
Education, General	73	—	$45,867national $41,787	$11,296
Computer and Information Sciences, General	69	$31,932	$63,402national $54,246	—
Criminal Justice and Corrections	56	$39,324	$49,932national $46,706	—
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	47	—	$48,587national $50,491	—
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	37	$79,081	$72,933national $65,389	$10,500
Social Work	33	—	$57,548national $39,409	—
Engineering, General	31	—	$75,974national $72,916	—
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	26	$50,991	$56,773national $64,773	—
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	21	$52,326	$52,104national $54,726	—
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	19	—	$41,667national $53,002	—
Culinary Arts and Related Services	13	—	$42,483national $39,605	—
Legal Support Services	8	—	$44,721national $44,669	—
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers	0	$116,975	—national $70,808	—
Health and Medical Administrative Services	0	—	$45,928national $37,073	—

Undergraduate certificates (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Culinary Arts and Related Services	9	—	$44,037national $30,572	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 30 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in NJ

Mosdos Yaakov V'YisroelLakewood21.1%Eastwick College-HackensackHackensack10.5%Eastwick College-RamseyRamsey9.4%

Contact and accreditation

Address: 765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ 07738-1597
Phone: (732) 224-2345
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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