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

1/2/2019

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.

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

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