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Westfield, New Jersey has 5 accredited schools offering organizational leadership programs, with tuition ranging from $25,900 to $38,047 per year for indexed programs. Westfield has a population of about 30,760. Median household income is $212,700 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 76.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, the top-earning organizational leadership-related role is Human Resources Manager at a median $185,100 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer organizational leadership programs near Westfield, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Westfield city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
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:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Westfield. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all New Jersey schools on the New Jersey organizational leadership page.
Westfield is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (BLS area code 35620). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to New Jersey statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General and Operations Manager | $157,000 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $139,432 |
| Human Resources Manager | $185,100 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $164,387 |
| Training and Development Manager | $173,810 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $154,361 |
| Management Analyst | $124,390 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $110,471 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 30,760 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $212,700 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 76.7% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 112.6 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering organizational leadership programs near Westfield. The closest is Strayer University-New Jersey in Piscataway, NJ (9.6 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Saint Peter’s University (15.2 miles). 4 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying organizational leadership-related roles near Westfield are: Human Resources Manager ($185,100), Training and Development Manager ($173,810), General and Operations Manager ($157,000). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with New Jersey statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Roselle, NJ is 4.4 miles from Westfield and has its own set of local organizational leadership programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Westfield’s median household income of $212,700 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Westfield while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and New Jersey public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Westfield:
Data verified: August 31, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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