New Jersey Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 27 New Jersey colleges that have competitive admission is 75.94% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.89%. The acceptance rate at 10 New Jersey colleges increased and the rate of 17 colleges decreased.

Princeton University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 5.70%. Stevens Institute of Technology (46.22%) and The College of New Jersey (64.43%) are following it in the list of Tightest New Jersey 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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Princeton University has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 5.70% and Stevens Institute of Technology has the second lowest rate of 46.22% among 27 New Jersey colleges with competitive admission. Princeton University stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Stevens Institute of Technology also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $39,965 and graduate tuition & fees is $31,889 for the academic year 2023-2024.

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

Table. Tightest New Jersey Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Princeton University Princeton, NJ Private, four-years	5.70% 1.32%	69.17%	1,540	$59,710	8,842	97.00%	5 to 1
2 -	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ Private, four-years	46.22% 6.47%	17.48%	1,450	$60,952	9,314	87.00%	11 to 1
3 -	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
4 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
5 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
6 20	Caldwell University Caldwell, NJ Private, four-years	66.37% 29.59%	10.08%	1,130	$39,450	2,028	68.00%	13 to 1
7 1	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
8 1	Saint Elizabeth University Morristown, NJ Private, four-years	71.92% 1.78%	11.60%	-	$35,942	1,122	43.00%	11 to 1
9 4	Drew University Madison, NJ Private, four-years	72.66% 7.04%	11.03%	1,240	$45,360	2,092	73.00%	12 to 1
10 1	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
	Average	60.40%	21.77%	1,318	$39,965 ($17,502)	11,049	74.50%	12 to 1

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