The average acceptance rate of the 13 public New Jersey colleges that have competitive admission is 75.57% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.61%. The acceptance rate at 5 public New Jersey colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 58.15%. The College of New Jersey (62.29%) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (65.07%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Jersey Public 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.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. The College of New Jersey ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,403 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,657 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, 4-year | 58.15% 7.20% | 20.53% | 1,410 | $37,441 ($17,929) | 52,269 | 84.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 2 1 | The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJPublic, 4-year | 62.29% 0.15% | 19.66% | 1,240 | $25,752 ($19,632) | 8,141 | 86.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 3 - | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJPublic, 4-year | 65.07% 1.83% | 17.19% | 1,330 | $37,664 ($19,974) | 13,247 | 73.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 4 3 | Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJPublic, 4-year | 66.29% 11.46% | 2.44% | 1,185 | $37,276 ($17,764) | 5,675 | 67.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University Bloomfield, NJPublic, 4-year | 69.74% 2.51% | 15.72% | - | $26,022 ($15,912) | 799 | 38.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJPublic, 4-year | 70.64% 2.58% | 17.76% | 1,210 | $27,708 ($16,777) | 5,981 | 70.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 7 2 | Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJPublic, 4-year | 71.36% 7.37% | 7.07% | - | $36,762 ($17,250) | 11,315 | 64.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 8 2 | Kean University Union, NJPublic, 4-year | 75.90% 0.98% | 18.67% | 1,040 | $22,446 ($14,299) | 13,905 | 47.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 9 1 | Rowan University Glassboro, NJPublic, 4-year | 77.66% 0.16% | 23.04% | 1,210 | $26,932 ($16,574) | 21,026 | 67.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 10 - | Montclair State University Montclair, NJPublic, 4-year | 87.89% 0.48% | 18.17% | 1,070 | $26,022 ($15,912) | 23,375 | 65.00% | 18 to 1 |
| Average | 70.50% | 16.03% | 1,212 | $30,403 ($17,202) | 15,573 | 66.10% | 15 to 1 |