The average acceptance rate of the 15 private New Jersey colleges that have competitive admission is 74.47% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.16%. The acceptance rate at 7 private New Jersey colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
Princeton University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 4.00%. Stevens Institute of Technology (43.00%) and Caldwell University (65.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Jersey Private 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. Stevens Institute of Technology also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $44,433 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,144 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.