Graduation rate (within 6 years of enrolling): Not provided
Median salary (10 years after enrolling): $46,600
Established 1972 as Thomas Edison State College following approval by NJ Board of Education, renamed 2015 as Thomas Edison State University> Virtually all applicants accepted regardless of high school rank or test scores> Focus on adult education, average student age 35 years, enabling adult learners to complete degrees through various options, including assessment of prior education and work experience for credit equivalency, online courses, independent adult learning courses, courses at work and military, transfer of credit, and approved correspondence courses> Students in any state or nation can earn credit for college-level knowledge acquired outside classroom with no residency requirements, students from all 50 states and approximately 60 countries> Offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in more than 100 areas of study as well as undergraduate, graduate and professional certificates> W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing offers mostly online baccalaureate and master’s degree programs, as well as campus-based Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN Program and Doctor of Nursing Practice online doctoral degree program with specialty area in Systems-Level Leadership that can be completed in 18 months, opened September 2016 new Glen Cairn Hall with state-of-art nursing simulation laboratories, lecture halls, conference rooms and student advising center> Dr, Merodie A. Hancock elected fourth president of University effective March 2018, previously president of State University of New York Empire State College, succeeded Dr. George Pruitt, who served for 35 years.