The hardest (and easiest) N.J. colleges to get accepted to

Acceptance rates run the gamut from one of the country's most exclusive universities to several colleges that take almost everyone who applies. Here are the Fall 2017 acceptance rates for the 26 four-year colleges with at least 1,000 applications, not including for-profit colleges. 

William Paterson University 
Acceptance rate: 92.4 percent 
Applications: 7,935 
Offers: 7,331
Note: William Paterson University called its acceptance rate for 2017 an anomaly. It received fewer applications in 2017 because it eliminated fee waivers that allowed prospective students to apply for free. The university has reinstated the fee waivers and expects its acceptance rate to return to usual, around 73 percent, spokeswoman Mary Beth Zeman said. 
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St. Peter's University
Acceptance rate: 91.3 percent 
Applications: 3,626 
Offers: 3,310

New Jersey City University 
Acceptance rate: 91 percent 
Applications: 4,381 
Offers: 3,988

Caldwell University 
Acceptance rate: 88.9 percent  
Applications: 2,870 
Offers: 2,552

Stockton University 
Acceptance rate: 81.5 percent 
Applications: 5,706
Offers: 4,652

Felician University
Acceptance rate: 79.4 percent 
Applications: 2,249 
Offers: 1,786

Monmouth University 
Acceptance rate: 73.9 percent 
Applications: 9,261 
Offers: 6,848

Seton Hall University 
Acceptance rate: 73.2 percent 
Applications: 16,719
Offers: 12,232

Rider University 
Acceptance rate: 67.2 percent 
Applications: 9,519 
Offers: 6,389

College of St. Elizabeth 
Acceptance rate: 64.6 percent 
Applications: 1,976 
Offers: 1,276

Rutgers University-Newark 
Acceptance rate: 64.2 percent 
Applications: 13,435 
Offers: 8,631

Bloomfield College 
Acceptance rate: 63.8 percent 
Applications: 3,378 
Offers: 2,155

Fairleigh Dickinson University (Metropolitan campus) 
Acceptance rate: 87.6 percent 
Applications: 3,777
Offers: 3,306

Fairleigh Dickinson University (Florham Park campus) 
Acceptance rate: 83.9 percent  
Applications: 4,175
Offers: 3,503

Kean University 
Acceptance rate: 82.2 percent   
Applications: 8,851
Offers: 7,277

Montclair State University 
Acceptance rate: 70.6 percent
Applications: 13,384 
Offers: 9,457

Rowan University 
Acceptance rate: 69.42 percent 
Applications: 14,068 
Offers: 9,766

Rutgers University-Camden
Acceptance rate: 69.3 percent 
Applications: 11,338 
Offers: 7,861

Georgian Court University 
Acceptance rate: 68.9 percent 
Applications: 1,946 
Offers: 1,340

Drew University 
Acceptance rate: 63.4 percent 
Applications: 3,205
Offers: 2,033

New Jersey Institute of Technology 
Acceptance rate: 61.4 percent 7,254
Applications: 7,254 
Offers: 4,453

Rutgers University-New Brunswick 
Acceptance rate: 57.8 percent 
Applications: 38,384
Offers: 22,186

Ramapo College 
Acceptance rate: 57.36 percent 
Applications: 6,695 
Offers: 3,840

The College of New Jersey 
Acceptance rate: 47.5 percent 
Applications: 12,896
Offers: 6,128

Princeton University 
Acceptance rate: 6.4 percent 
Applications: 31,056
Offers: 1,990


​Note: Centenary University is not included in the list because its applications and offers for Fall 2017 were not included in the state database. After the story was published, the university provided for the following information: 
Acceptance rate: 87 percent 
Applications: 1,085
Offers: 944