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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 69.17% for academic year 2022-2023 in New Jersey. Rutgers University-New Brunswick is positioned second with 28.18% yield and The College of New Jersey 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 (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Princeton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPrinceton, NJ
69.17% 38,019 2,167 1,499 5.70%
2Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Public, four-yearsNew Brunswick, NJ
28.18% 41,654 27,612 7,780 66.29%
3The College of New Jersey
Public, four-yearsEwing, NJ
23.85% 10,302 6,638 1,583 64.43%
4Kean University
Public, four-yearsUnion, NJ
22.72% 10,485 8,661 1,968 82.60%
5Montclair State University
Public, four-yearsMontclair, NJ
20.20% 21,393 19,535 3,946 91.31%
6Rowan University
Public, four-yearsGlassboro, NJ
19.88% 16,903 13,006 2,585 76.94%
7Stockton University
Public, four-yearsGalloway, NJ
19.04% 9,591 8,204 1,562 85.54%
8New Jersey Institute of Technology
Public, four-yearsNewark, NJ
18.35% 13,010 8,585 1,575 65.99%
9Stevens Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHoboken, NJ
17.48% 12,500 5,778 1,010 46.22%
10Ramapo College of New Jersey
Public, four-yearsMahwah, NJ
16.74% 7,207 5,079 850 70.47%