College of New Jersey

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 1,800,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,620 (53%)
Days Without Precipitation 248 (55%)

Honors College

Name Honors Program
Students 1,000 (14%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,126
Men / Women 44% / 56%
From State 95%
From Region 4%
Athletes 532 (7.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 58%
Hispanic 18%
Asian 10%
Black 6%
Mixed 3%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Arts and Communication 176 39% 61% 5% 5% 23% 0% $60,827 12 +0.61 64 96%
Communication 74 — 32% 66% 4% 5% 18% 0% $71,445 83 +0.89 80 98% — — — —
Journalism 16 — 19% 69% 0% 0% 31% 0% $59,709 41 -0.29 62 100% — — — —
Art 39 — 33% 54% 5% 8% 26% 0% $52,055 77 +0.56 43 94% — — — —
Art History 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,055 62 +0.02 43 94% — — — —
Intermedia/Multimedia 33 — 61% 48% 9% 6% 33% 0% $52,055 74 +0.57 43 94% — — — —
Music 13 — 62% 69% 0% 0% 15% 0% $51,022 68 +0.46 40 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business 363 69% 66% 10% 3% 15% 0% $94,646 93 +0.85 95 97%
Accounting 59 — 75% 69% 3% 10% 10% 0% $106,234 89 +1.24 98 98% — — — —
Business Administration 304 — 67% 65% 11% 2% 15% 0% $92,398 86 +0.77 94 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education 208 18% 76% 4% 2% 14% 0% $60,852 12 +0.72 64 98%
Deaf Education 8 — 0% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $62,709 54 +0.08 67 96% — — — —
Exercise Science 51 — 55% 67% 6% 4% 16% 0% $62,557 55 +0.09 67 — — — — —
Early Childhood Education 14 — 0% 86% 0% 7% 7% 0% $58,066 88 +0.86 58 99% — — — —
Elementary Education 65 — 6% 83% 3% 3% 9% 0% $58,066 88 +0.86 58 99% — — — —
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching — — — — — — — — $61,734 68 +0.49 66 98% — — — —
Special Education 58 — 5% 74% 5% 0% 17% 0% $62,709 84 +1.03 67 96% — — — —
Technology Education 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,734 84 +0.78 66 98% — — — —
Art Education 9 — 11% 67% 11% 0% 22% 0% $61,734 96 +1.60 66 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering 149 70% 56% 13% 7% 18% 2% $102,435 95 -0.18 97 97%
Biomedical Engineering 24 — 50% 58% 8% 4% 12% 8% $97,955 47 -0.07 96 — — — — —
Civil Engineering 25 — 88% 64% 4% 4% 24% 0% $94,918 67 +0.37 95 100% — — — —
Computer Engineering 11 — 91% 82% 0% 0% 18% 0% $116,226 61 -0.04 99 96% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 8 — 75% 62% 12% 12% 0% 0% $97,371 7 -0.93 96 100% — — — —
Engineering Science 5 — 80% 20% 20% 20% 40% 0% $84,195 7 -1.09 90 100% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 37 — 73% 70% 5% 0% 16% 0% $97,301 43 -0.24 96 95% — — — —
Computer Science 39 — 62% 31% 31% 15% 21% 3% $114,371 43 -0.31 99 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Humanities and Social Sciences 387 35% 62% 9% 5% 19% 1% $64,166 23 +0.67 70 97%
Economics 20 — 70% 65% 20% 0% 5% 5% $74,370 15 -0.89 82 100% — — — —
African-American Studies — — — — — — — — $58,863 55 -0.03 60 — — — — —
English 54 — 17% 70% 9% 2% 19% 0% $60,982 89 +1.04 64 92% — — — —
History 56 — 61% 77% 7% 2% 7% 4% $65,281 87 +0.82 72 91% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — — — — — $61,321 79 +0.38 65 — — — — —
Modern Languages 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $63,873 71 +0.52 69 — — — — —
Philosophy 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $60,178 53 -0.09 63 — — — — —
Spanish — — — — — — — — $63,114 68 +0.45 68 — — — — —
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $60,128 69 +0.48 63 — — — — —
Anthropology 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,327 54 -0.05 54 — — — — —
International Affairs 7 — 29% 57% 14% 14% 0% 14% $64,804 30 -0.41 71 88% — — — —
Political Science 38 — 50% 55% 11% 5% 13% 0% $71,176 51 -0.08 79 98% — — — —
Psychology 126 — 21% 55% 9% 5% 27% 0% $62,885 89 +1.19 68 99% — — — —
Sociology 18 — 17% 56% 11% 6% 22% 0% $58,781 67 +0.17 60 100% — — — —
Criminal Justice 61 — 44% 64% 5% 8% 20% 0% $62,878 71 +0.41 68 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing and Health Sciences 127 10% 38% 20% 11% 21% 1% $88,386 87 +1.14 92 99%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 25 — 4% 52% 16% 4% 20% 4% $67,856 80 +0.75 75 — — — — —
Nursing 58 — 12% 40% 17% 14% 16% 0% $103,153 85 +1.09 97 99% — — — —
Public Health 44 — 11% 27% 27% 11% 30% 0% $80,586 90 +1.43 87 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Science 192 32% 50% 24% 6% 12% 0% $79,890 72 +0.61 87 100%
Chemistry 28 — 36% 43% 25% 7% 18% 0% $91,885 97 +1.96 94 100% — — — —
Mathematics 34 — 38% 65% 6% 6% 15% 0% $102,909 83 +0.66 97 100% — — — —
Physics 15 — 60% 67% 7% 0% 20% 0% $88,563 69 +0.36 92 — — — — —
Biology 115 — 26% 45% 31% 6% 10% 0% $69,034 63 +0.30 77 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $20,123
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $26,562
Est. In-State Cost $26,031
Est. Out-of-State Cost $34,361
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 91%
4-Year Graduation Rate 76%
6-Year Graduation Rate 86%
Transfer-Out Rate 10%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 23.9% 383 69% 66% 10% 3% 14% 1% $93,588 78 +0.76 94 97% —
Social Sciences 17.5% 281 28% 59% 7% 5% 22% 0% $65,818 77 +0.74 72 98% —
Health Sciences 11.6% 186 22% 47% 16% 9% 20% 1% $80,200 63 +0.81 87 99% —
Education 8.7% 140 6% 80% 4% 2% 12% 0% $60,068 84 +0.93 62 98% —
Humanities 7.2% 115 38% 72% 8% 3% 14% 2% $63,104 86 +0.90 68 92% —
Life & Natural Sciences 7.2% 115 26% 45% 31% 6% 10% 0% $69,034 57 +0.30 77 100% —
Engineering 6.9% 110 74% 65% 6% 4% 17% 2% $98,204 34 -0.13 96 97% —
Arts 5.9% 95 44% 56% 6% 5% 26% 0% $52,831 56 +0.64 45 95% —
Physical Sciences & Math 4.8% 77 42% 57% 13% 5% 17% 0% $96,106 80 +1.08 95 100% —
Professional 3.8% 61 44% 64% 5% 8% 20% 0% $62,878 37 +0.41 68 100% —
Computer Science 2.4% 39 62% 31% 31% 15% 21% 3% $114,371 57 -0.31 99 98% —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $0.7M #290 61% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.6M #372 84% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.6M #415 88% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #459 34% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.1M #371 69% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #417 87% $0 — — — —
Education $0.1M #394 98% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.4M #472 74% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 149 $200K $200K $0
Football 100 $510K $510K $0
Baseball 40 $233K $233K $0
Wrestling 38 $243K $243K $0
Swimming & Diving 32 $167K $167K $0
Soccer 28 $180K $180K $0
Basketball 18 $204K $204K $0
Tennis 18 $101K $101K $0
Total 314 $1.8M $1.8M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 155 $200K $200K $0
Soccer 34 $175K $175K $0
Lacrosse 28 $185K $185K $0
Field Hockey 27 $194K $194K $0
Swimming & Diving 25 $194K $194K $0
Softball 19 $208K $208K $0
Basketball 16 $208K $208K $0
Tennis 14 $101K $101K $0
Total 218 $1.5M $1.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 304 $401K $401K $0
Football 100 $510K $510K $0
Soccer 62 $356K $356K $0
Swimming & Diving 57 $361K $361K $0
Baseball 40 $233K $233K $0
Wrestling 38 $243K $243K $0
Basketball 34 $413K $413K $0
Tennis 32 $203K $203K $0
Lacrosse 28 $185K $185K $0
Field Hockey 27 $194K $194K $0
Softball 19 $208K $208K $0
Total 532 $4.9M $4.9M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 62%
Yield (non-ED) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 63% 54% 18%
Early Decision 79% 68% 22%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 53%
SAT Range 1140 – 1330
SAT Math Range 560 – 670
SAT RW Range 570 – 670