New Jersey Public Colleges where Students Complete in Time

The College of New Jersey has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 85% last year.

Rutgers University-New Brunswick with 84% and Stockton University with 76% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of New Jersey Public Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,165 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,202 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 77.00% and the average SAT score is 1,216 at the schools.

Table. New Jersey Public Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJPublic, 4-year 85.00%
1.91%
$24,568
($18,685)
21.00%62.00%1,2407,62913 to 1
2
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Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, 4-year 84.00%
0.27%
$36,001
($17,239)
27.00%65.00%1,38050,63715 to 1
3
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Stockton University Galloway, NJPublic, 4-year 76.00%
0.20%
$23,420
($15,532)
19.00%88.00%1,1709,08016 to 1
4
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New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJPublic, 4-year 73.00%
0.69%
$35,934
($19,022)
19.00%67.00%1,33512,33215 to 1
5
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Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJPublic, 4-year 69.00%
2.74%
$26,388
($15,978)
18.01%73.00%1,1905,47816 to 1
6
1
Rowan University Glassboro, NJPublic, 4-year 68.00%
0.59%
$25,564
($15,700)
18.00%78.00%1,21019,53516 to 1
7
2
Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJPublic, 4-year 66.00%
1.10%
$35,348
($16,586)
10.00%79.00%-11,01713 to 1
8
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Montclair State University Montclair, NJPublic, 4-year 65.00%
2.32%
$24,126
($14,766)
20.00%87.00%1,08021,78417 to 1
9
3
Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJPublic, 4-year 64.00%
6.85%
$35,841
($17,079)
6.00%78.00%1,1205,96613 to 1
10
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William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJPublic, 4-year 55.00%
0.96%
$24,464
($15,150)
12.00%93.00%-9,07015 to 1
Average70.50%$29,165
($16,574)
17.00%77.00%1,21615,25315 to 1