John Jay Is #5 in "Best Bang for the Buck" Ranking
John Jay College was ranked #5 in the Northeast for Best Bank for the Buck in the Northeast by Washington Monthly, which measures colleges according to how well they help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices.
This rankings demonstrates John Jay’s commitment to helping students from less economically advantaged backgrounds access higher education, thrive in college and achieve meaningful, impactful careers. With tuition a fraction of the cost to attend a comparable private college, 85% of John Jay students graduate with no student debt. Click here to learn more about tuition and financial aid at John Jay.
The list is created by isolating access, affordability and outcomes metrics from the main Washington Monthly rankings. The access metric ranks colleges by how well they provide access to non-wealthy students by tracking how many students are on federal Pell Grants in comparison to how many Pell recipients those schools might be expected to enroll based on test scores, admission rates and statewide family income. The affordability metric ranks colleges by their affordability and includes the net price of the institution, or the amount that students with family incomes below $75,000 pay, minus aid. It also tracks how much debt graduates leave with. The outcomes metric ranks colleges by the academic and financial outcomes they provide to students by comparing the percentage of students graduating within eight years to statistical predictions and by comparing graduation rates between wealthy and non-wealthy students and tracking the incomes that students make in their early careers compared that to their peers’ early-career incomes. Learn more about the methodology here.
John Jay was also recently ranked #5 nationwide for best value by the Wall Street Journal, #3 nationwide for sending Black applicants to law school and #13 for Hispanic applicants by the Law School Admissions Council #3 for social mobility and #5 in best public colleges in the North by US News, #9 nationwide for best return on investment by Forbes and a best college in America by Money.
