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Key takeaway: 42 of the 50 New Jersey-based institutions in our directory that offer at least one fully online program report both credit for military training and a dedicated point of contact for veterans, servicemembers, and their families (IPEDS IC 2024). 28 report all four services the federal survey tracks. The highest-ranked by BOC Score is New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Census Bureau records 16 military installations in New Jersey (2 Army, 3 Navy, 1 Air Force, 5 Coast Guard, 2 National Guard, 3 Other), and 46 New Jersey cities have their own page below.
Military-friendly online colleges based in New Jersey
Ranked by BOC Score, which weights graduation rate, median earnings, net price, retention, and online availability from federal data. The tags on each card are the school’s own answers on the IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey: credit for military training, a dedicated military contact, DoD MOU membership, and a recognized student veteran organization.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
- Graduation rate 30%
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
- Average net price (lower is better) 20%
- Retention rate 15%
- Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Graduation rate
80%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$84,276
Avg net price
$16,504/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 90%
- Programs offered: 65
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
84%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$74,479
Avg net price
$24,406/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 93%
- Programs offered: 185
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
86%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$73,323
Avg net price
$27,646/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 91%
- Programs offered: 58
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
73%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$74,479
Avg net price
$18,745/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 81%
- Programs offered: 44
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
71%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$67,541
Avg net price
$18,173/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 85%
- Programs offered: 42
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
71%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$74,479
Avg net price
$19,703/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 84%
- Programs offered: 52
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
70%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$61,415
Avg net price
$15,566/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 79%
- Programs offered: 114
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
76%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$57,602
Avg net price
$20,670/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 78%
- Programs offered: 55
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Acceptance rate
78%
Graduation rate
68%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$59,988
Avg net price
$22,408/yr
TuitionIn‑state$16,574
Out‑of‑state$26,932
Key stats
- Retention rate: 82%
- Programs offered: 184
Source:Accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education · IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
72%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$67,991
Avg net price
$30,988/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 81%
- Programs offered: 50
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
60%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$57,237
Avg net price
$12,447/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 76%
- Programs offered: 73
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
68%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$62,208
Avg net price
$24,792/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 80%
- Programs offered: 89
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
59%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$57,815
Avg net price
$12,199/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 72%
- Programs offered: 62
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Acceptance rate
79%
Graduation rate
54%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$53,096
Avg net price
$19,285/yr
TuitionIn‑state$37,260
Out‑of‑state$37,260
Key stats
- Retention rate: 76%
- Programs offered: 33
Source:Accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education · IPEDS · College Scorecard
Acceptance rate
91%
Graduation rate
58%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$57,273
Avg net price
$15,404/yr
TuitionIn‑state$38,004
Out‑of‑state$38,004
Key stats
- Retention rate: 76%
- Programs offered: 65
Source:Accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education · IPEDS · College Scorecard
Military installations in New Jersey
The Census Bureau’s 2024 TIGER/Line military layer records 16 installations in New Jersey (2 Army, 3 Navy, 1 Air Force, 5 Coast Guard, 2 National Guard, 3 Other, branch inferred from the recorded name). The largest by land area are listed; city pages show the ones within 100 miles of each city, with distances.
- Fort Dix
- Naval Weapons Station Earle
- Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst
- Picatinny Arsenal
- McGuire AFB
- Fort Monmouth
- Coast Guard Station Cape May
- Coast Guard Training Center Cape May
- Atlantic City Iap
- Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook
- New Jersey National Guard Sea Girt Unit
- Nsa Mechanicsburg Det Philadelphia Annex Pnbc
Common post-service careers in New Jersey
Statewide median wages for occupations that veterans commonly move into after an online degree, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 OEWS).
| Occupation |
Median annual wage |
Scope |
| Information Security Analysts |
$134,820 |
NJ statewide |
| Logisticians |
$92,280 |
NJ statewide |
| Emergency Management Directors |
$120,990 |
NJ statewide |
| Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers |
$92,610 |
NJ statewide |
| Medical and Health Services Managers |
$145,650 |
NJ statewide |
| Project Management Specialists |
$122,980 |
NJ statewide |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators |
$116,420 |
NJ statewide |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers |
$130,610 |
NJ statewide |
BLS publishes wages for metro areas and states, not individual cities; these are statewide medians.
What the four services mean
- Credit for military training (IPEDS VET2): the institution reports that it awards academic credit for military training, typically evaluated through the Joint Services Transcript. How much credit applies is set program by program.
- Dedicated military contact (VET3): a named point of contact for veterans, servicemembers, and their families.
- DoD MOU member (VET5): the institution has signed the Department of Defense Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding, a requirement for participating in service education programs.
- Student veteran org (VET4): a recognized student veteran organization on the institution’s records.
Of the 42 schools in New Jersey that meet this page’s two-service definition, 28 report all four. All 42 are fully online by the IPEDS DISTPGS flag, as is every school on the national military-friendly online colleges list; the state view differs only in where the institution is based.
Military-friendly online colleges near New Jersey cities
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Bayonne, NJ
- Bergenfield, NJ
- Bridgeton, NJ
- Camden, NJ
- Carteret, NJ
- Cliffside Park, NJ
- Clifton, NJ
- East Orange, NJ
- Elizabeth, NJ
- Elmwood Park, NJ
- Englewood, NJ
- Fair Lawn, NJ
- Fort Lee, NJ
- Franklin, NJ
- Garfield, NJ
- Hackensack, NJ
- Hoboken, NJ
- Jersey City, NJ
- Kearny, NJ
- Linden, NJ
- Lodi, NJ
- Long Branch, NJ
- Millville, NJ
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Newark, NJ
- North Plainfield, NJ
- Palisades Park, NJ
- Paramus, NJ
- Passaic, NJ
- Paterson, NJ
- Perth Amboy, NJ
- Plainfield, NJ
- Pleasantville, NJ
- Princeton, NJ
- Rahway, NJ
- Ridgewood, NJ
- Roselle, NJ
- Sayreville, NJ
- South Plainfield, NJ
- Summit, NJ
- Trenton, NJ
- Union City, NJ
- Vineland, NJ
- West New York, NJ
- Westfield, NJ
Benefit eligibility is determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and your service’s education office. Nothing on this page guarantees education benefits, credit transfer, admission, or a particular cost. Confirm every detail with the school’s military or veteran services office before you enroll.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (IC 2024): veteran and military services indicators (VET2 through VET5), distance-education program flag (DISTPGS); BOC Score from College Scorecard and IPEDS outcome data; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 Military Installations layer (installation names as recorded there); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities; Census ACS 5-year estimates. Directory counts as of the September 2026 refresh.
