The average acceptance rate of the 12 public New Jersey colleges that have competitive admission is 78.00% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.03%. The acceptance rate at 7 public New Jersey colleges increased and the rate of 5 colleges decreased.
The College of New Jersey has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 62.00%. Rutgers University-New Brunswick (65.00%) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (67.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Jersey Public 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.
The College of New Jersey stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Rutgers University-New Brunswick ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $28,827 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,253 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 - | 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 |
| 2 1 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, 4-year | 65.00% 1.29% | 27.00% | 1,380 | $36,001 ($17,239) | 50,637 | 84.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 3 1 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJPublic, 4-year | 67.00% 1.01% | 19.00% | 1,335 | $35,934 ($19,022) | 12,332 | 73.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 4 - | Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJPublic, 4-year | 73.00% 2.53% | 18.01% | 1,190 | $26,388 ($15,978) | 5,478 | 69.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 5 3 | Kean University Union, NJPublic, 4-year | 77.00% 5.60% | 21.00% | 1,150 | $21,076 ($13,426) | 12,884 | 51.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Rowan University Glassboro, NJPublic, 4-year | 78.00% 1.06% | 18.00% | 1,210 | $25,564 ($15,700) | 19,535 | 68.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 6 - | Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJPublic, 4-year | 78.00% 1.48% | 6.00% | 1,120 | $35,841 ($17,079) | 5,966 | 64.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 8 3 | Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJPublic, 4-year | 79.00% 5.06% | 10.00% | - | $35,348 ($16,586) | 11,017 | 66.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 2 | Montclair State University Montclair, NJPublic, 4-year | 87.00% 4.31% | 20.00% | 1,080 | $24,126 ($14,766) | 21,784 | 65.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 10 1 | Stockton University Galloway, NJPublic, 4-year | 88.00% 2.46% | 19.00% | 1,170 | $23,420 ($15,532) | 9,080 | 76.00% | 16 to 1 |
| Average | 75.40% | 17.90% | 1,208 | $28,827 ($16,401) | 15,634 | 70.10% | 15 to 1 |