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Affordable New Jersey Colleges to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the most affordable (high acceptance rate) New Jersey colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in high level in recent years. Centenary University has the highest acceptance rate as of 96.54% for academic year 2022-2023 in New Jersey. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have high acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the tightest acceptance rates in New Jersey.
Affordable New Jersey Colleges to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Centenary University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHackettstown, NJ
96.54%1,3301,28419415.11%
2William Paterson University of New Jersey
Public, four-yearsWayne, NJ
91.53%7,0626,46480612.47%
3Montclair State University
Public, four-yearsMontclair, NJ
91.31%21,39319,5353,94620.20%
4Monmouth University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWest Long Branch, NJ
90.92%7,9377,21689612.42%
5New Jersey City University
Public, four-yearsJersey City, NJ
90.14%6,3725,74476813.37%
6Felician University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLodi, NJ
89.15%2,2862,03826513.00%
7Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMadison, NJ
89.12%4,4213,94046711.85%
8Saint Peter's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJersey City, NJ
88.83%2,9992,66439314.75%
9Stockton University
Public, four-yearsGalloway, NJ
85.54%9,5918,2041,56219.04%
10Rider University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLawrenceville, NJ
84.13%9,3407,8587799.91%