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Tightest New Jersey Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) New Jersey colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Princeton University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 5.70% 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 low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in New Jersey.
Tightest New Jersey Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Princeton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPrinceton, NJ
5.70%38,0192,1671,49969.17%
2Stevens Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHoboken, NJ
46.22%12,5005,7781,01017.48%
3The College of New Jersey
Public, four-yearsEwing, NJ
64.43%10,3026,6381,58323.85%
4New Jersey Institute of Technology
Public, four-yearsNewark, NJ
65.99%13,0108,5851,57518.35%
5Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Public, four-yearsNew Brunswick, NJ
66.29%41,65427,6127,78028.18%
6Caldwell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCaldwell, NJ
66.37%6,6494,41344510.08%
7Ramapo College of New Jersey
Public, four-yearsMahwah, NJ
70.47%7,2075,07985016.74%
8Saint Elizabeth University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMorristown, NJ
71.92%1,9661,41416411.60%
9Drew University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMadison, NJ
72.66%3,8552,80130911.03%
10Rutgers University-Newark
Public, four-yearsNewark, NJ
73.94%14,93511,0431,23911.22%