The average acceptance rate of the 27 New Jersey colleges that have competitive admission is 76.04% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.1%. The acceptance rate at 14 New Jersey colleges increased and the rate of 13 colleges decreased.
Princeton University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 4.00%. Talmudical Academy-New Jersey (41.67%) and Beth Medrash of Asbury Park (42.31%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Jersey 4-Years Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Princeton University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Talmudical Academy-New Jersey ranked 2nd, up 15 places from 17th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,341 and graduate tuition & fees is $35,823 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year | 4.00% 1.70% | 76.99% | 1,540 | $59,710 | 8,842 | 97.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 2 15 | Talmudical Academy-New Jersey Adelphia, NJPrivate, 4-year | 41.67% 25.00% | 100.00% | - | $15,800 | 73 | 20.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 3 21 | Beth Medrash of Asbury Park Lakewood, NJPrivate, 4-year | 42.31% 32.69% | 81.82% | - | $12,010 | 98 | - | 14 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel Lakewood, NJPrivate, 4-year | 42.62% 13.35% | 84.62% | - | $9,400 | 178 | 84.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 5 - | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJPrivate, 4-year | 43.00% 3.22% | 17.00% | 1,440 | $60,952 | 9,314 | 87.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 6 6 | Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok Lakewood, NJPrivate, 4-year | 50.00% 12.50% | 100.00% | - | $13,700 | 68 | 100.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel Lakewood, NJPrivate, 4-year | 53.00% 6.69% | 83.02% | - | $9,720 | 126 | 68.00% | 25 to 1 |
| 8 5 | The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJPublic, 4-year | 62.00% 2.43% | 21.00% | 1,240 | $24,568 ($18,685) | 7,629 | 85.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 10 | Bais Medrash Toras Chesed Lakewood, NJPrivate, 4-year | 63.01% 7.50% | 71.74% | - | $8,100 | 110 | 44.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 10 6 | Caldwell University Caldwell, NJPrivate, 4-year | 65.00% 1.37% | 7.00% | - | $39,452 | 2,028 | 68.00% | 13 to 1 |
| Average | 46.66% | 64.32% | 1,407 | $25,341 ($18,685) | 2,847 | 72.56% | 14 to 1 |