New Jersey Public Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 12 public New Jersey colleges that have competitive admission is 77.98% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.15%. The acceptance rate at 6 public New Jersey colleges increased and the rate of 6 colleges decreased.

The College of New Jersey has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 64.43%. New Jersey Institute of Technology (65.99%) and Rutgers University-New Brunswick (66.29%) 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.

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The College of New Jersey has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 64.43% and New Jersey Institute of Technology has the second lowest rate of 65.99% among 12 New Jersey colleges with competitive admission. The College of New Jersey stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. New Jersey Institute of Technology ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $28,903 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,103 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest New Jersey Public Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest New Jersey Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ Public, four-years	64.43% 2.45%	23.85%	1,280	$24,568 ($18,685)	7,629	85.00%	13 to 1
2 1	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ Public, four-years	65.99% 3.15%	18.35%	1,320	$35,934 ($19,022)	12,332	73.00%	15 to 1
3 1	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public, four-years	66.29% 1.87%	28.18%	1,370	$36,001 ($17,239)	50,637	84.00%	15 to 1
4 -	Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ Public, four-years	70.47% 0.37%	16.74%	1,210	$26,388 ($15,978)	5,478	69.00%	16 to 1
5 -	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ Public, four-years	73.94% 3.49%	11.22%	-	$35,348 ($16,586)	11,017	66.00%	13 to 1
6 -	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ Public, four-years	76.52% 2.18%	6.19%	1,160	$35,841 ($17,079)	5,966	64.00%	13 to 1
7 2	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ Public, four-years	76.94% 6.83%	19.88%	1,190	$25,564 ($15,700)	19,535	68.00%	16 to 1
8 1	Kean University Union, NJ Public, four-years	82.60% 3.44%	22.72%	1,020	$21,076 ($13,426)	12,884	51.00%	16 to 1
9 1	Stockton University Galloway, NJ Public, four-years	85.54% 1.00%	19.04%	1,150	$23,420 ($15,532)	9,080	76.00%	16 to 1
10 2	New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ Public, four-years	90.14% 0.52%	13.37%	-	$24,888 ($13,971)	6,539	38.00%	15 to 1
	Average	75.29%	17.95%	1,213	$28,903 ($16,322)	14,110	67.40%	15 to 1

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