The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored New Jersey Public Colleges is 17.68% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 28.18% and The College of New Jersey (23.85%) and Kean University (22.72%) are following it in the list of Most Favored New Jersey Public Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Most Favored New Jersey Public Colleges

Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 28.18% and The College of New Jersey has the second highest yield of 23.85%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $26,643 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,798 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 78.52% and the average SAT score is 1,197 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 66.40% and the students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

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

Table. Most Favored New Jersey Public Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, 4-year 28.18%
4.03%
66.29%1,370$36,001
($17,239)
50,63784.00%15 to 1
2
1
The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJPublic, 4-year 23.85%
0.94%
64.43%1,280$24,568
($18,685)
7,62985.00%13 to 1
3
2
Kean University Union, NJPublic, 4-year 22.72%
1.75%
82.60%1,020$21,076
($13,426)
12,88451.00%16 to 1
4
2
Montclair State University Montclair, NJPublic, 4-year 20.20%
0.41%
91.31%1,080$24,126
($14,766)
21,78465.00%17 to 1
5
1
Rowan University Glassboro, NJPublic, 4-year 19.88%
2.55%
76.94%1,190$25,564
($15,700)
19,53568.00%16 to 1
6
5
Stockton University Galloway, NJPublic, 4-year 19.04%
6.67%
85.54%1,150$23,420
($15,532)
9,08076.00%16 to 1
7
1
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJPublic, 4-year 18.35%
1.19%
65.99%1,320$35,934
($19,022)
12,33273.00%15 to 1
8
1
Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJPublic, 4-year 16.74%
1.79%
70.47%1,210$26,388
($15,978)
5,47869.00%16 to 1
9
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New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJPublic, 4-year 13.37%
1.66%
90.14%-$24,888
($13,971)
6,53938.00%15 to 1
10
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William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJPublic, 4-year 12.47%
0.56%
91.53%1,150$24,464
($15,150)
9,07055.00%15 to 1
Average19.48%78.52%1,197$26,643
($15,947)
15,49766.40%15 to 1