Tuition Trends for New Jersey colleges Over Past 10 Years

There are 155 colleges in New Jersey - 38 public and 117 private schools. The 2024 average tuition & fees of the 4-year colleges in New Jersey is $15,367 for New Jersey residents and $26,632 for out-of-state students. In private colleges, the average tuition & fees is $23,021. For New Jersey community colleges, the average tuition & fees is $7,232 for state residents and $8,420 for out-of-state students.

New Jersey public 4-year colleges' in-state tuition & fees increased by 20.83% from $12,718 (2015) to $15,367 (2024) and out-of-state tuition & fees grew by 19.09% over the past decade from $22,362 (2015) to $26,632 (2024). In private New Jersey colleges, the tuition & fees increased by -2.29%, from $23,454 (2015) to $22,916 (2024).

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Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes

Over the past 10 years, the COA has increased by 15.73% when living on campus and by 28.32% when living off campus at public New Jersey colleges. For private New Jersey colleges, the COA has increased by 2.47% (on-campus) and 15.26% (off-camus). The COA includes tuition, fees, books & supplies, room & board, and other personal expenses.

Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes of New Jersey colleges
Year	Living On Campus			Living Off Campus
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools
2014-15	$26,817	$36,461	$37,553	$28,454	$38,098	$39,190
2015-16	$27,531 2.66%	$37,461 2.74%	$38,660 2.95%	$29,178 2.54%	$39,108 2.65%	$40,307 2.85%
2016-17	$27,885 1.29%	$37,951 1.31%	$39,119 1.19%	$30,055 3.01%	$40,121 2.59%	$41,289 2.44%
2017-18	$28,020 0.48%	$38,257 0.81%	$38,513 -1.55%	$30,653 1.99%	$40,890 1.92%	$41,146 -0.35%
2018-19	$27,571 -1.60%	$38,004 -0.66%	$36,123 -6.21%	$31,247 1.94%	$41,680 1.93%	$39,799 -3.27%
2019-20	$27,808 0.86%	$38,457 1.19%	$35,685 -1.21%	$32,452 3.86%	$43,101 3.41%	$40,329 1.33%
2020-21	$27,726 -0.29%	$38,473 0.04%	$35,476 -0.59%	$32,445 -0.02%	$43,192 0.21%	$40,195 -0.33%
2021-22	$28,680 3.44%	$39,620 2.98%	$36,004 1.49%	$33,483 3.20%	$44,423 2.85%	$40,807 1.52%
2022-23	$28,788 0.38%	$40,125 1.27%	$36,271 0.74%	$34,613 3.37%	$45,950 3.44%	$42,096 3.16%
2023-24	$30,931 7.44%	$42,196 5.16%	$38,480 6.09%	$37,622 8.69%	$48,887 6.39%	$45,171 7.30%

Tuition & Fees Changes

For the current year (2024), the average tuition & fees for New Jersey colleges is $15,367 for New Jersey residents and $26,632 out-of-state students. In private schools, the average tuition & fees is $22,916.

For graduate programs, the 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $21,858 for New Jersey residents and $26,915 out-of-state students. In private schools, the average graduate program tuition & fees is $23,586.

The tuition & fees has increased 19.09% for undergraduate programs and 15.47% for graduate programs at New Jersey colleges. The following table and chart illustrate the changes of tuition & fees by tuition rates and degrees.

Tuition & Fees Changes for New Jersey colleges
Year	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools
2014-15	$12,718	$22,362	$23,454	$15,429	$21,682	$18,549
2015-16	$13,018 2.36%	$22,948 2.62%	$24,147 2.95%	$15,817 2.51%	$21,970 1.33%	$19,299 4.04%
2016-17	$13,275 1.97%	$23,341 1.71%	$24,509 1.50%	$16,055 1.50%	$22,271 1.37%	$19,867 2.94%
2017-18	$13,587 2.35%	$23,824 2.07%	$24,080 -1.75%	$16,376 2.00%	$22,740 2.11%	$20,536 3.37%
2018-19	$13,867 2.06%	$24,300 2.00%	$22,419 -6.90%	$16,720 2.10%	$23,200 2.02%	$20,567 0.15%
2019-20	$14,195 2.37%	$24,844 2.24%	$22,072 -1.55%	$17,015 1.76%	$23,658 1.97%	$20,698 0.64%
2020-21	$14,135 -0.42%	$24,882 0.15%	$21,885 -0.85%	$17,344 1.93%	$23,420 -1.01%	$20,105 -2.87%
2021-22	$14,895 5.38%	$25,835 3.83%	$22,219 1.53%	$17,609 1.53%	$23,365 -0.23%	$20,469 1.81%
2022-23	$14,793 -0.68%	$26,130 1.14%	$22,276 0.26%	$19,123 8.60%	$23,895 2.27%	$22,370 9.29%
2023-24	$15,367 3.88%	$26,632 1.92%	$22,916 2.87%	$19,940 4.27%	$25,037 4.78%	$22,641 1.21%

New Jersey 4-Year Colleges Tuition & Fees Trend Chart

New Jersey Graduate Schools Tuition & Fees Trend Chart

Books & Supplies Costs Changes for New Jersey colleges
Year	Books & Supplies
2014-15	$1,069
2015-16	$1,068 -0.09%
2016-17	$1,068 0.00%
2017-18	$1,043 -2.34%
2018-19	$943 -9.59%
2019-20	$904 -4.14%
2020-21	$859 -4.98%
2021-22	$870 1.28%
2022-23	$852 -2.07%
2023-24	$908 6.57%

Living Costs Changes

For New Jersey colleges, the living have increased -1.96% when a student lives on campus facilities and 21.99% when living off campus from year 2015 to 2024. The living costs includes costs for room & board, and other living expenses.

Living Costs Changes for New Jersey colleges
Year	Living On Campus	Living Off Campus
2014-15	$13,030	$13,859
2015-16	$13,445 2.11%	$14,272 2.07%
2016-17	$13,542 -1.43%	$14,323 3.68%
2017-18	$13,390 -2.12%	$14,140 2.33%
2018-19	$12,761 -7.42%	$13,588 1.75%
2019-20	$12,709 -1.92%	$13,435 7.24%
2020-21	$12,732 0.93%	$13,573 0.35%
2021-22	$12,915 0.76%	$13,868 0.33%
2022-23	$13,143 1.77%	$14,448 6.31%
2023-24	$14,656 4.95%	$16,398 6.41%

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Graduate

Princeton University Private, four-years | Princeton
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Seton Hall University Private, four-years | South Orange
Montclair State University Public, four-years | Montclair
Rutgers University-Newark Public, four-years | Newark
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Tuition Trends for New Jersey colleges Over Past 10 Years

Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes

Tuition & Fees Changes

Books & Supplies Costs Changes

Living Costs Changes