Colleges in New Jersey
Solyo has full profiles for 10 colleges in New Jersey: 5 public, 5 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $24,406 a year after grant aid, $2,841 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 68% of applicants. They sit across 10 cities, concentrated in Ewing, Hoboken, Lawrenceville.
What New Jersey costs
Published in-state tuition at the median New Jersey public university is $17,929 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, where an out-of-state family pays $19,512 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $6,128 at Princeton University to $41,346 at Stevens Institute of Technology. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in New Jersey.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective New Jersey schools are
Princeton University admits 5% of applicants and Montclair State University admits 88%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in New Jersey is 1553 at Princeton University.
Every New Jersey college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey · Private nonprofit5% acceptance · $6,128 net price · 1553 avg SAT
- Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey · Private nonprofit48% acceptance · $41,346 net price · 1446 avg SAT
- Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey · Public58% acceptance · $24,406 net price · 1410 avg SAT
- College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey · Public62% acceptance · $27,646 net price · 1246 avg SAT
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey · Public65% acceptance · $16,504 net price · 1337 avg SAT
- Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey · Private nonprofit68% acceptance · $24,280 net price · 1227 avg SAT
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey · Public71% acceptance · $18,173 net price · 1211 avg SAT
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey · Private nonprofit73% acceptance · $31,446 net price · 1322 avg SAT
- Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey · Private nonprofit79% acceptance · $24,792 net price · 1227 avg SAT
- Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey · Public88% acceptance · $15,566 net price · 1070 avg SAT
Other Northeast states
On median net price New Jersey is the 2nd most affordable of the 9 Northeast states in this directory, and the 2nd most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- New York (27)
- Pennsylvania (26)
- Massachusetts (18)
- Connecticut (7)
- Rhode Island (5)
- Maine (4)
- New Hampshire (3)
- Vermont (3)
Where to go next
- College search filter New Jersey and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.