New Jersey Public Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate
The College of New Jersey has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 85% last year.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick with 84% and Stockton University with 76% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of New Jersey Public Colleges having Highest Graduation Rate. Colleges having highest graduation rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
Key Admission and Academic Facts of New Jersey Public Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate
The College of New Jersey has the highest graduation rate of 85% and Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the second highest graduation rate of 84%.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,165 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,202 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 76.30% and the average SAT score is 1,212 at the schools.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 New Jersey Public Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate.
| School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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| 1 - | The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ Public, four-years | 85.00% 2.00% | $24,568 ($18,685) | 23.85% | 64.43% | 1,280 | 7,629 | 13 to 1 |
| 2 - | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public, four-years | 84.00% - | $36,001 ($17,239) | 28.18% | 66.29% | 1,370 | 50,637 | 15 to 1 |
| 3 - | Stockton University Galloway, NJ Public, four-years | 76.00% - | $23,420 ($15,532) | 19.04% | 85.54% | 1,150 | 9,080 | 16 to 1 |
| 4 - | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ Public, four-years | 73.00% 1.00% | $35,934 ($19,022) | 18.35% | 65.99% | 1,320 | 12,332 | 15 to 1 |
| 5 - | Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ Public, four-years | 69.00% 3.00% | $26,388 ($15,978) | 16.74% | 70.47% | 1,210 | 5,478 | 16 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Rowan University Glassboro, NJ Public, four-years | 68.00% 1.00% | $25,564 ($15,700) | 19.88% | 76.94% | 1,190 | 19,535 | 16 to 1 |
| 7 2 | Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ Public, four-years | 66.00% 1.00% | $35,348 ($16,586) | 11.22% | 73.94% | - | 11,017 | 13 to 1 |
| 8 - | Montclair State University Montclair, NJ Public, four-years | 65.00% 2.00% | $24,126 ($14,766) | 20.20% | 91.31% | 1,080 | 21,784 | 17 to 1 |
| 9 3 | Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ Public, four-years | 64.00% 7.00% | $35,841 ($17,079) | 6.19% | 76.52% | 1,160 | 5,966 | 13 to 1 |
| 10 - | William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ Public, four-years | 55.00% 1.00% | $24,464 ($15,150) | 12.47% | 91.53% | 1,150 | 9,070 | 15 to 1 |
| Average | 70.50% | $29,165 ($16,574) | 17.61% | 76.30% | 1,212 | 15,253 | 15 to 1 |
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