Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at TCNJ

At The College of New Jersey, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 52.36%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 62.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The College of New Jersey than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.35%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of TCNJ applicants increased by 13.26% (1,366 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 52.36%, and this year's acceptance rate is 62.00% at The College of New Jersey. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 50.41% and women students' rate is 53.79%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into The College of New Jersey than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at The College of New Jersey over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	43.11%	40.67%	44.98%
2014-15	48.97% 5.86%	47.47% 6.80%	50.10% 5.12%
2015-16	48.67% -0.30%	46.56% -0.91%	50.34% 0.24%
2016-17	48.86% 0.19%	50.83% 4.26%	46.34% -4.00%
2017-18	47.53% -1.34%	43.52% -7.31%	50.62% 4.28%
2018-19	49.80% 2.27%	47.73% 4.22%	51.40% 0.78%
2019-20	49.28% -0.52%	47.87% 0.14%	50.34% -1.07%
2020-21	51.25% 1.98%	50.27% 2.40%	51.97% 1.63%
2021-22	62.00% 10.75%	58.01% 7.73%	65.00% 13.03%
2022-23	64.43% 2.43%	61.59% 3.59%	66.59% 1.60%
2023-24	62.00% -2.44%	60.00% -1.60%	64.00% -2.59%
Average	52.36%	50.41%	53.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.35% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at The College of New Jersey from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.22%	27.80%	30.20%
2014-15	26.46% -2.76%	26.65% -1.15%	26.32% -3.88%
2015-16	26.44% -0.01%	25.47% -1.17%	27.15% 0.83%
2016-17	25.22% -1.23%	18.86% -6.62%	34.17% 7.01%
2017-18	25.16% -0.06%	26.61% 7.75%	24.17% -10.00%
2018-19	22.86% -2.30%	23.14% -3.47%	22.66% -1.51%
2019-20	23.56% 0.70%	23.72% 0.58%	23.45% 0.79%
2020-21	21.11% -2.45%	21.73% -1.98%	20.67% -2.78%
2021-22	23.00% 1.89%	23.99% 2.26%	21.99% 1.32%
2022-23	23.85% 0.85%	24.10% 0.11%	23.67% 1.68%
2023-24	21.00% -2.85%	21.99% -2.11%	20.99% -2.68%
Average	24.35%	24.00%	25.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,919, the average number of admitted is 6,204, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,495.

The number of TCNJ applicants increased by 13.26% (1,366 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at The College of New Jersey from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,145	4,805	1,404
2014-15	10,937 -1.87%	5,356 11.47%	1,417 0.93%
2015-16	11,290 3.23%	5,495 2.60%	1,453 2.54%
2016-17	11,825 4.74%	5,778 5.15%	1,457 0.28%
2017-18	12,898 9.07%	6,130 6.09%	1,542 5.83%
2018-19	13,625 5.64%	6,785 10.69%	1,551 0.58%
2019-20	13,824 1.46%	6,812 0.40%	1,605 3.48%
2020-21	13,199 -4.52%	6,765 -0.69%	1,428 -11.03%
2021-22	10,393 -21.26%	6,444 -4.75%	1,482 3.78%
2022-23	10,302 -0.88%	6,638 3.01%	1,583 6.82%
2023-24	11,668 13.26%	7,234 8.98%	1,519 -4.04%
Average	11,919	6,204	1,495

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between The College of New Jersey and similar schools.