For New Jersey 4-Year Colleges, the 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $16,462 for New Jersey residents and $24,248 for out-of-state students.
For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $19,503 for New Jersey residents and $23,538 for out-of-state students.
Stevens Institute of Technology has the highest undergraduate tuition & fees of $63,462 and Bais Medrash Toras Chesed has the lowest tuition & fees of $8,100 among New Jersey 4-Year Colleges. For graduate programs, Princeton University has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $65,936 and Beth Medrash Govoha has the lowest graduate tuition & fees of $5,360 among New Jersey 4-Year Colleges.
You can narrow New Jersey colleges down into public schools and private schools to check tuition and other college costs in deep.
The average COA of New Jersey 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $31,570 for state residents and $39,356 for out-of-state students including tuition, fees, books, supplies, room & board (on-campus), and other living expenses.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| Tuition & Fees | $16,462 | $24,248 | $19,503 | $23,538 |
| Books & Supplies | $858 | $858 | ||
| Room & Board | $10,361 | $10,361 | ||
| Other Expenses | $3,890 | $3,890 | ||
| COA | $31,570 | $39,356 | $34,611 | $38,647 |
The 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees of New Jersey 4-Year Colleges is $16,462 for state residents and $24,248 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for New Jersey 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $13,237 | $2,240 | $21,635 | $918 |
| 2021-2022 | $13,653 | $2,552 | $21,812 | $938 |
| 2022-2023 | $14,000 | $2,454 | $22,380 | $943 |
| 2023-2024 | $14,443 | $2,568 | $22,900 | $973 |
| 2024-2025 | $13,874 | $2,588 | $23,180 | $1,067 |
The average graduate program tuition & fees of New Jersey 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $19,503 for state residents and $23,538 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average graduate tuition & fees for New Jersey 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $14,855 | $1,949 | $19,936 | $1,356 |
| 2021-2022 | $15,514 | $1,806 | $20,191 | $1,299 |
| 2022-2023 | $16,064 | $1,669 | $21,497 | $1,139 |
| 2023-2024 | $16,689 | $1,878 | $21,984 | $1,260 |
| 2024-2025 | $17,632 | $1,871 | $22,223 | $1,315 |
The undergraduate average cost per credit hour of New Jersey 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $769 for state residents and $898 for out-of-state students.
The graduate average cost per credit hour is $924 for state residents and $1,016 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of tuition per credit hour over last 5 years.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| 2020-2021 | $728 | $852 | $838 | $944 |
| 2021-2022 | $735 | $861 | $850 | $949 |
| 2022-2023 | $746 | $871 | $874 | $973 |
| 2023-2024 | $769 | $896 | $888 | $989 |
| 2024-2025 | $769 | $898 | $924 | $1,016 |
The average living costs of New Jersey 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $14,251 when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $19,644 living off campus including room, board, and other living expenses.
The following table describes the changes of average living costs over last 5 years for New Jersey 4-Year Colleges.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2020-2021 | $9,325 | $3,407 | $13,280 | $4,340 |
| 2021-2022 | $9,396 | $3,519 | $13,254 | $4,555 |
| 2022-2023 | $9,562 | $3,581 | $14,140 | $4,942 |
| 2023-2024 | $10,035 | $4,621 | $14,951 | $6,335 |
| 2024-2025 | $10,361 | $3,890 | $14,214 | $5,430 |