Fairleigh Dickinson University

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	university private not-for-profit educational institution nonprofit organization
inception	1942
named after	Fairleigh S. Dickinson
short name	FDU
industry	higher education
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	New Jersey Morris County Florham Park Madison Teaneck 2 more Hackensack Bergen County
street address	1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ, 07666 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940
postal code	07666 07940
coordinate location	40.8980, -74.0293
official website	https://www.fdu.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	7,479 · September 2020 7,797 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	897 · September 2020
admission rate	89% · 2020
admission yield rate	15% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: moderate research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: professional-dominant four-year, medium, primarily nonresidential arts & sciences plus professions, some graduate coexistence four-year, medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in

Finances

endowment	$92,360,352 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $112,324,741 · 30 June 2021 $88,304,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$428,238,000 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Conference of NGOs
athletics program	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights

Other facts

number of viewers/listeners	1,519,794 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UCmXv9oXyDWKl_r91vCU42_w · YouTube handle: fduwhatsnew · 27 November 2025
post town	Teaneck, NJ Madison, NJ

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	FD Florham dorms jeh.jpg
logo image	Fairleigh dickinson univ textlogo.png

Wikimedia and technical details (7)

Commons category	Fairleigh Dickinson University
topic's main category	Category:Fairleigh Dickinson University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Fairleigh Dickinson University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty
API endpoint URL	https://idp.fdu.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
web feed URL	https://www.fdu.edu/feed/
social media followers	11,189 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 62850528 · 10 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 10,942 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 62850528 · 27 February 2022 10,526 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 62850528 · 4 January 2021 10,360 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 62850528 · 25 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (35)

Crunchbase organization ID	fairleigh-dickinson-university
domain name	fdu.edu
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Fairleigh-Dickinson-University · subject named as: Fairleigh Dickinson University place/Wroxton-College · subject named as: Wroxton College
Facebook username	fairleighdickinsonuniversity
Freebase ID	/m/01r3w7
GeoNames ID	5097784
GND ID	10155670-6 · subject named as: Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ) 62442-1 · subject named as: Fairleigh Dickinson University (Rutherford, NJ) · subject has role: predecessor 1090438249 · subject has role: duplicate entry
Google Scholar organization ID	16874950323424820780
GRID ID	grid.255802.8
Instagram username	fduwhatsnew
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	184603
ISNI	0000000404723804
J9U entity ID	987007260926905171
KISTI ID	K000207133
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n80069059
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	32907511
MusicBrainz place ID	9490b291-dc35-4a01-bec6-a72086fa1506
NL CR AUT ID	ko2010557248 · subject named as: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100006585
OpenAlex ID	P4310316136 · subject named as: Fairleigh Dickinson University
OpenStreetMap way ID	278082419
Quora topic ID	Fairleigh-Dickinson-University
Ringgold ID	7856
ROR ID	04wkzvc75
SNARC ID	Q46916
Threads username	fduwhatsnew
TikTok username	fduwhatsnew
Times Higher Education World University ID	fairleigh-dickinson-university
UK Parliament thesaurus ID	4239 · subject named as: Fairleigh Dickinson University
VIAF cluster ID	158273798
X (Twitter) username	FDUWhatsNew · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 10,360 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 62850528 · 25 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCmXv9oXyDWKl_r91vCU42_w · subject named as: Fairleigh Dickinson University · number of works: 566 · number of subscribers: 3,500 · number of viewers/listeners: 1,335,499 · 19 January 2025
YouTube handle	fduwhatsnew · YouTube channel ID: UCmXv9oXyDWKl_r91vCU42_w · 20 October 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	2580
‎Yale LUX ID	group/88349f0f-f6ad-4423-80ed-da8312890b05