Average Graduation Rate At New Jersey Colleges

The graduation rate is a percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree in expected completion timeIn general, the graduation rate is computed based on the completion in the 150% of normal time. For example, for the 4-years bachelor's degree programs, the number of completers who completed in 6 years is used to compute the graduation rate.

The average graduation rate of New Jersey colleges is 58.59%. It includes all institutions' rate (i.e. 4-years and 2-years or less) where the graduation data is available. In public colleges, the graduation rate is 50.19% and private schools' rate is 50.50%.

By gender, the female students' graduation rate is 73.27% and male students' rate is 65.82%.

The schools in below list are the top 5 New Jersey colleges that have the highest graduation rate. Princeton University has the highest graduation rate of 98% among New Jersey colleges. Stevens Institute of Technology and The College of New Jersey also have higher graduation rate of 87% and 87% respectively. For the ranking, we exclude colleges with less than 5,000 students. You can view more schools at New Jersey colleges with high graduation rate.

For the four-years New Jersey institutions where BS degree grants, the average graduation rate is 69.72%. 21,656 students graduated out of 31,061 candidates. 516 students are still enrolled in the schools and 5,347 students are no longer enrolled or transferred out to other institutions.

By completion time, 16,403 students have completed their degree in 4 years or less as the rate is 52.81% at New Jersey colleges. 4,240 students completed in 5 years and 4,831 students earned their BS degree in 6 years.

The following table summarizes the graduation rate and number of completers by gender and completion time for New Jersey collegesNumbers in parentheses in each column indicate the number of completers over candidates in the corresponding category.