2025 Tightest New Jersey Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among New Jersey colleges, Princeton University has the tightest acceptance rate (5.70%) and Stevens Institute of Technology has the second lowest rate (46.22%) based on academic year 2022-2023 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest New Jersey Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year New Jersey colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest New Jersey Colleges To Admit
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 38,019 | 2,167 | 1,499 | 5.7% | 69.2% | $59,710 | 8,922 | 1,540 |
| 2 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | 12,500 | 5,778 | 1,010 | 46.2% | 17.5% | $60,952 | 8,842 | 1,440 |
| 3 | The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ | 10,302 | 6,638 | 1,583 | 64.4% | 23.8% | $24,568 | 7,652 | 1,240 |
| 4 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | 13,010 | 8,585 | 1,575 | 66.0% | 18.3% | $35,934 | 13,007 | 1,335 |
| 5 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | 41,654 | 27,612 | 7,780 | 66.3% | 28.2% | $36,001 | 50,617 | 1,380 |
| 6 | Caldwell University Caldwell, NJ | 6,649 | 4,413 | 445 | 66.4% | 10.1% | $39,452 | 1,864 | - |
| 7 | Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ | 7,207 | 5,079 | 850 | 70.5% | 16.7% | $26,388 | 5,521 | 1,190 |
| 8 | Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ | 14,935 | 11,043 | 1,239 | 73.9% | 11.2% | $35,348 | 10,809 | - |
| 9 | Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ | 25,731 | 19,315 | 1,512 | 75.1% | 7.8% | $51,370 | 9,494 | 1,300 |
| 10 | Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ | 11,145 | 8,528 | 528 | 76.5% | 6.2% | $35,841 | 5,776 | 1,120 |
Qualified New Jersey Colleges in Core Admission Stats
