Exceptional Access
Among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges for 2025, Monmouth University ranks as one of the top five private, non-denominational, Division I schools for student access and academic excellence. Nearly one-third of Monmouth students are Pell Grant-eligible, and nearly half of first-year students are the first in their family to attend college.
A bilingual background and degrees in communication and business helped set
this alumna up for success at NBCUniversal.
Monmouth University has all three and is on track to become the highest-ranked among institutions in its category with similar access measures.
A new $21 million gift will help expand educational access through a scholarship program that will assist academically excellent undergraduate students with high financial need.
One mile to the beach, one hour to New York City, and less than a 15-minute drive to three bustling cultural destinations—including Asbury Park’s legendary music scene—Monmouth’s historic campus at the coast provides the perfect blend of culture, recreation, education and career opportunities for our students. Plan your visit now.
Exceptional Opportunities
Allie Wilson’s road to the Olympics was anything but smooth, but her story proves that some dreams are worth the struggle.
For 20 years, Monmouth’s Urban Coast Institute has championed science, policy, and partnerships to protect coastal ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.
Provides scholars, fans, filmmakers, and curators from around the world access to the largest official collection of the New Jersey rock legend’s written works, photographs, periodicals, and artifacts—featuring over 35,000 items from 47 countries.
Innovative curriculums and state-of-the-art facilities combine to immerse students in the written, visual, and performing arts. Get insight from visiting writers, display your work in on-campus galleries, take center stage at Pollak Theatre, and more.
Mike Frankel ’72 shares the stories behind his photos of classic rock legends.
Melissa Richardson’s Mount Kilimanjaro trek helped raise funds for children in
need.
Recognized as a regional leader in the areas of marine research, coastal policy and community resilience, the UCI provides students and faculty researchers access to a fleet of three research vessels and a collection of cutting-edge marine science technologies.
NFL Insider Connor Hughes takes you behind the scenes on game day.
Whether you’re working behind the scenes at a concert or jamming in the recording studio, Monmouth offers a hands-on music program unlike any other. Prepare for varied roles in the music industry while running a record label, producing albums at our partner studio, and performing abroad and at the White House.
One mile to the beach, one hour to New York City, and less than a 15-minute drive to three bustling cultural destinations—including Asbury Park’s legendary music scene—Monmouth’s historic campus at the coast provides the perfect blend of culture, recreation, education and career opportunities for our students. Plan your visit now.
Exceptional Outcomes
Maddison Perna has been a mainstay in the midfield for the Monmouth women’s soccer program since 2019. Despite missing the 2021 season due to injury, Perna racked up an impressive 81 games played as a Hawk. Along the way, she competed in an NCAA championship tournament, won regular season and conference playoff titles, and was named to All-MAAC and All-CAA conference teams.
At Bristol Myers Squibb, Jesse Bragger ’21 is doing early drug discovery research that could one day help cure or treat a variety of cardiomyopathies.
As a software engineer for the online behemoth Amazon, Muhammad Fahad played a crucial role in developing the company’s highly scalable advertising streaming TV service, Sponsored TV.
By the time she graduated last May, Morgan Alston had held six internships, was a published writer, was a podcast host and creator, and had two full-time job offers lined up. After spending half a year as a studio production assistant at NFL Films, she recently made the move to ESPN, where she is on the field production unit, traveling to games and special events like the Super Bowl, NBA draft, and NFL combine, interviewing and reporting on athletes.
Now a production assistant for Law & Order, Galloway gained real-world experience through multiple roles on the upcoming feature-length film Miranda’s Victim, which was filmed partly on Monmouth University’s campus. Galloway attributes his hands-on experiences at the student-run television station Hawk TV, along with his coursework, as preparing him to work behind the scenes on major productions.
Thanks to a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award, Faith Bates ’24M, an adjunct professor for Monmouth’s English department, spent the 2024-2025 academic year in Romania. There she taught and assisted with practical and specialized English language and American culture classes at higher education institutions, while also serving as a resource on American culture and history and literary and nonliterary traditions.
The noted blues and rock historian was recently appointed executive director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University. Santelli, who is also the founding executive director of the Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum, credits Monmouth with opening the door to endless opportunities.
One mile to the beach, one hour to New York City, and less than a 15-minute drive to three bustling cultural destinations—including Asbury Park’s legendary music scene—Monmouth’s historic campus at the coast provides the perfect blend of culture, recreation, education and career opportunities for our students. Plan your visit now.