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Most Favored New Jersey Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in New Jersey. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Princeton University, has the highest yield rate of 78.32% for academic year 2021-2022 in New Jersey. Stockton University is positioned second with 25.71% yield and Rutgers University-New Brunswick follows them with 24%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in New Jersey.
Most Favored New Jersey Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2022)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Princeton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPrinceton, NJ
78.32% 37,601 1,647 1,290 4.38%
2Stockton University
Public, four-yearsGalloway, NJ
25.71% 6,247 5,281 1,358 84.54%
3Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Public, four-yearsNew Brunswick, NJ
24.15% 43,161 29,419 7,105 68.16%
4The College of New Jersey
Public, four-yearsEwing, NJ
22.91% 10,393 6,442 1,476 61.98%
5Rowan University
Public, four-yearsGlassboro, NJ
22.43% 11,659 9,767 2,191 83.77%
6Kean University
Public, four-yearsUnion, NJ
20.97% 9,048 7,162 1,502 79.16%
7Montclair State University
Public, four-yearsMontclair, NJ
20.61% 18,691 16,936 3,491 90.61%
8Ramapo College of New Jersey
Public, four-yearsMahwah, NJ
18.53% 6,930 4,858 900 70.10%
9Stevens Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHoboken, NJ
18.29% 11,320 5,965 1,091 52.69%
10Centenary University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHackettstown, NJ
17.88% 1,346 1,314 235 97.62%