Largest New Jersey Public Colleges With Most Students

Rutgers University-New Brunswick is the largest public New Jersey college with 50,637 students. The percentage of online students is 7.42% at the school.

Montclair State University with 21,784 students and Rowan University with 19,535 students are following it in the largetst New Jersey college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest New Jersey online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest New Jersey Public Colleges With Most Students

Rutgers University-New Brunswick is the largest school with 50,637 students and Montclair State University has the second largest population with 21,784 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Rutgers University-New Brunswick stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Montclair State University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,539 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,376 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 78.87% and the average SAT score is 1,195 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest New Jersey Public Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest New Jersey Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public, four-years	50,637 167	36,344	14,293	23,354	27,283	3,758	15 to 1
2 -	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ Public, four-years	21,784 1,040	17,290	4,494	8,204	13,580	2,223	17 to 1
3 -	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ Public, four-years	19,535 483	15,231	4,304	9,611	9,924	2,486	16 to 1
4 -	Kean University Union, NJ Public, four-years	12,884 125	10,845	2,039	4,638	8,246	1,292	16 to 1
5 1	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ Public, four-years	12,332 431	9,019	3,313	8,812	3,520	709	15 to 1
6 1	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ Public, four-years	11,017 1,151	7,511	3,506	5,196	5,821	946	13 to 1
7 1	Stockton University Galloway, NJ Public, four-years	9,080 272	8,138	942	3,416	5,664	602	16 to 1
8 1	William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ Public, four-years	9,070 299	6,604	2,466	3,182	5,888	3,400	15 to 1
9 -	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ Public, four-years	7,629 40	7,039	590	3,175	4,454	10	13 to 1
10 -	New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ Public, four-years	6,539 379	4,895	1,644	2,416	4,123	1,841	15 to 1
	Average	16,051	12,292	3,759	7,200	8,850	1,727	15 to 1

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