66.33% of Applicants Accepted to New Jersey Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of New Jersey colleges is 66.33%, 209,205 accepted out of 315,393 applicants.

For New Jersey college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 17,287 (5.80%) compared to last year, from 298,106 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 281, which is more than 0.81% last year.

New Jersey colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.30% compared to last year, which means harder to get into New Jersey colleges. The yield decreased by 0.75%.

Among New Jersey colleges, Princeton University has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.00% with 1,586 accepted students out of 39,644 applicants. Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the most number of applicants of 43,347 and Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,608.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for New Jersey Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in New Jersey. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.