Founded: 1933
Type: Private
Student-to-faculty ratio: 12:1 (UG & GR)
Demographics: Students come from 33 countries and 34 states
Fall 2020 Enrollment
- Total enrollment: 5,675
- Undergraduate: 4,094 full-time, 170 part-time
- Graduate: 1,411 (43% are full-time)
Faculty
- Full-Time: 311
- Part-Time: 385 (including administrative adjuncts)
- Percentage of full-time faculty with terminal degrees: 75.2%
Degrees and Programs
- 33 bachelor’s degree programs
- 23 master’s degree programs
- 3 doctoral degree programs
Tuition and Fees
- For more information visit: www.monmouth.edu/finaid/tuition-and-fees/
Campus
- Location: 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, New Jersey. One mile from the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean and about an hour from New York City and Philadelphia
- Graduate Center Location: Monmouth Park Corporate Center, 185 Route 36, West Long Branch, New Jersey
- Acres: 170.21
- Buildings: 75
- Landmark Buildings: The Great Hall at Shadow Lawn is a National Historic Register. Guggenheim wing of Monmouth University Library is on the National Register of Historic Places
- $168,257,878 in new construction over eight years without incurring debt
- Recently completed building projects: Graduate Center at Monmouth Park Corporate Center – Linda Grunin Healthcare Simulation Center (2020), Student Lounge, Athletic Training, Speech-Language Pathology, Literacy Center (2019) So Sweet A Cat Field Hockey Field (2018), New Outdoor Track and Field Facility (2018), Edison Science Building (2017), Kessler Stadium (2017), Lakehouse in Asbury Park, NJ for Music & Theatre (2017 & 2015), Pozycki Hall (2015), Hesse Hall (2014)
Athletics
- NCAA Division I: 23 teams
- 565 students engaged in Division I sports (13% of full-time undergraduate students)
- Nickname: Hawks
- Colors: Blue and White
- Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), Big South (Football)
Financial
- Operating Budget: $157,801,669
- Endowment: $108,463,000 (as of 6/30/2020)
- Discount rate for overall undergraduate, including athletics: 43.8%
Sustainability
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NJ Clean Energy School
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2019 NJDEP Recycling Award
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NJ Sustainable Business Association of NJ Recyclers Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for Environmental Leadership
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Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for Environmental Leadership
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First private institution in NJ to voluntarily enter into a sustainability agreement with the EPA
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2017 Recognized by Metro Atlantic Conference as largest green power user in conference
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Purchase 25% of energy from green sources in 2019
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Utility costs have decreased or remained stable continuously since 2007
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Two solar generating systems combined capacity to generate over 1.02 MW of renewable electricity
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Demand Response Program
Distinctive Features
- Centers of Distinction
- 100% of students engaged in experiential learning
- Music Industry concentration is one of only a select few offered throughout the country
- GRAMMY Museum affiliate
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The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University
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Only programs of their kind in NJ:
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ABET-accredited BS in Software Engineering
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Peace Corps Prep Program
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IALEIA-certified Intelligence Analyst Track (Graduate)
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M.S.Ed. in Special Education – Autism/Applied Behavior Analysis
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Interactive Digital Media Concentration (Graduate)
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Coastal location about an hour’s drive from New York and Philadelphia