New Jersey Public Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate

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.

Comparison between Tightest New Jersey Public Colleges To Get In

Table. Tightest New Jersey Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents 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)		52,26984.00%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)		8,14186.00%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)		13,24773.00%17 to 1
4
3		Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJPublic, 4-year 66.29%
11.46%		2.44%1,185$37,276
($17,764)		5,67567.00%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)		79938.00%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)		5,98170.00%17 to 1
7
2		Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJPublic, 4-year 71.36%
7.37%		7.07%-$36,762
($17,250)		11,31564.00%14 to 1
8
2		Kean University Union, NJPublic, 4-year 75.90%
0.98%		18.67%1,040$22,446
($14,299)		13,90547.00%17 to 1
9
1		Rowan University Glassboro, NJPublic, 4-year 77.66%
0.16%		23.04%1,210$26,932
($16,574)		21,02667.00%17 to 1
10
-		Montclair State University Montclair, NJPublic, 4-year 87.89%
0.48%		18.17%1,070$26,022
($15,912)		23,37565.00%18 to 1
Average70.50%16.03%1,212$30,403
($17,202)		15,57366.10%15 to 1