The Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act requires Rowan College at Burlington County to calculate completion or graduation rates of certificate- or degree-seeking, full-time students entering RCBC, and disclose these rates to all students.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was implemented in 1974 as a federal law to protect the privacy of student education records. FERPA also gives students the right to review their education records, seek to amend inaccurate information in their records, and provide consent for the disclosure of their records. This law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Reporting
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or, CARES Act, allotted $2.2 trillion to provide fast and direct economic aid to the American people negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Of that money, approximately $14 billion was given to the Office of Postsecondary Education as the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, or HEERF.
Campus Security
The Rowan College at Burlington County’s Public Safety Department is committed to enhancing the quality of life on campus by providing the highest level of professional security and safety services. This is accomplished by integrating the optimum combination of state-of-the-art technology and personal service to the college community.
In accomplishing our mission, we are guided by the following values that serve as a foundation for every action we take: Service, Integrity, Respect, Professionalism, Accountability, Mentoring, and Appreciation.
Retention, Graduation, and Transfer-out Rates
The U.S. Department of Education requires all colleges who receive federal Title IV funding to make available to current and prospective students information about retention, graduation, transfer-out, and placement rates each academic year.
Retention rates are based on first-time, certificate or degree seeking students each academic year. This information is reported each year and is available through the Department of Education College Navigator.
Graduation and Transfer-Out rates track the progress of students who began their studies as full-time, first-time degree or certificate-seeking students to see if they graduated or transferred-out within the 150% of “normal time” for completing the program in which they are enrolled. This information is reported each year and is available through the Department of Education College Navigator.
Job Placement
The Career Services Center is committed to assisting students and alumni with finding meaningful internships and employment. Job seekers often only get one chance to make a first impression. RCBC's resume and cover letter service is extremely useful.
Optimal Resume is a web-based service (offered through RCBC) that helps job seekers to create and manage resumes. Optimal Resume allows you to create an effective resume and provides samples and a variety of templates to assist you. Users can create and manage an unlimited number of resumes in their account, and the software includes spell checking, action words and format assistance - on a 24/7 basis.
Financial Aid
The Financial Aid Office of RCBC is committed to providing quality financial aid services to all eligible students and:
- Delivering Federal Title IV aid, New Jersey state aid, veterans benefits, RCBC Foundation assistance, and outside scholarship assistance to students who are eligible for educational funding via these resources.
- Acting as a resource to county residents, providing information about the financial aid application process.
- Serving our students in a timely, equitable, accurate, courteous, and fiscally responsible manner adhering to federal, state, and college regulations.
Solomon Amendment
Colleges and Universities are required to comply with the Solomon Amendment. Failure to comply may result in the loss of federal funding. including various forms of federal student aid.
The Solomon Amendment requires the College to release "Student Recruitment Information" to military for recruiting purposes only. Military recruiters must be from one of the following military organizations:
- Air Force
- Air Force Reserve
- Air Force National Guard
- Army
- Army National Guard
- Army Reserve
- Coast Guard
- Coast Guard Reserve
- Navy
- Navy Reserve
- Marine Corps
- Marine Corps Reserve
What is released? The following is considered "Student Recruitment Information" under the Solomon Amendment:
- Name
- Address (local, permanent)
- Telephone number (local, permanent)
- Age
- Major
- Class Level (e.g. First-Year, Sophomore)
- Degree awarded
If a student requests that their directory information be withheld under FERPA, this protection will be honored under Solomon; the student's records will not be released.
Students who wish to withhold their directory information under FERPA, must complete a Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory Information formnnand submit it to the Registrar’s Office. Such notification shall become effective as of the date on which it is received in the Registrar’s Office and will remain in effect for the remainder of the academic year.
How much does it cost to attend RCBC?
All of the college's tuition and fee rates are detailed online.
Additional Consumer Information
The College Navigator consists primarily of the latest data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES – the National Center for Education Statistics.