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Colleges in New Jersey

Every college in New Jersey that reports to the federal government: 104 schools, 33 of them public. For each one, what a year actually costs after grant aid, the share of applicants admitted, the share of students who finish, and what graduates earn ten years after starting. All of it from public federal data, none of it ranked by us.

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Four-year colleges in New Jersey

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LakewoodPrivate$13,00068%11%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$6,30658%59%$84,562
Woodland ParkPrivate (for-profit)$16,902not reported44%$46,839
LakewoodPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reported$55,459
LakewoodPrivate$8,72454%17%not reported
BloomfieldPublic$13,24970%36%$63,846
CaldwellPrivate$15,18071%57%$57,671
HackettstownPrivate$21,65583%66%$60,078
North BrunswickPrivate (for-profit)$42,922100%60%$96,897
IselinPrivate (for-profit)not reported100%33%$51,716
MadisonPrivate$25,61468%71%$66,065
Jersey CityPrivate (for-profit)$17,75670%56%$46,594
BloomfieldPrivate (for-profit)not reportednot reportednot reported$88,215
HackensackPrivate (for-profit)$31,433not reported56%$48,447
RamseyPrivate (for-profit)$25,809not reported54%$66,469
MadisonPrivate$24,80395%71%$62,652
TeaneckPrivate$17,92391%53%$62,652
LodiPrivate$10,378not reported48%$64,432
LakewoodPrivate$18,38079%63%$56,384
NutleyPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
UnionPublic$14,46576%48%$62,318
LakewoodPrivatenot reported100%17%$74,808
West Long BranchPrivate$30,97889%72%$72,737
MontclairPublic$15,19388%66%$63,846
LakewoodPrivate$7,66689%38%not reported
New BrunswickPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
Jersey CityPublic$10,59198%39%$59,538
NewarkPublic$18,78365%72%$90,769
NewarkPrivate$2,785not reported36%$46,968
PrincetonPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
PrincetonPrivate$7,8155%97%$133,523
EdisonPrivate$4,71892%0%not reported
MorristownPrivate$9,66295%22%$34,281
LakewoodPrivate$7,62991%not reportednot reported
MahwahPublic$16,38271%68%$71,282
LawrencevillePrivate$24,78079%62%$66,376
GlassboroPublic$23,93878%69%$65,776
CamdenPublic$15,73266%61%$80,490
New BrunswickPublic$24,89758%84%$80,490
NewarkPublic$16,01371%65%$80,490
MorristownPrivate$19,01071%49%$55,167
Jersey CityPrivate$8,12790%55%$63,525
South OrangePrivate$31,55273%70%$80,035
HobokenPrivate$37,39648%89%$118,358
GallowayPublic$24,03089%68%$63,648
PiscatawayPrivate (for-profit)not reportednot reported0%$44,016
AdelphiaPrivate$6,72143%83%$61,961
EwingPublic$26,75262%85%$79,651
TrentonPublicnot reportednot reportednot reported$75,164
WaynePublic$18,53390%44%$61,869
LakewoodPrivate$9,67782%0%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$10,49780%61%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$9,22077%85%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$8,05551%89%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$5,49486%85%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$10,77554%83%not reported
North PlainfieldPrivate$8,78789%0%not reported
UnionPrivate$9,14657%25%not reported
KeyportPrivatenot reported70%5%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$6,69284%57%not reported
LakewoodPrivate$1,39144%17%$35,583
LakewoodPrivate$11,40485%14%not reported
ElizabethPrivate$13,39586%50%$67,184
HowellPrivatenot reported100%3%not reported

Two-year colleges in New Jersey

Community and technical colleges, where the main award is a two-year associate degree. Read the graduation figure here differently: it counts only students who finish at the school they started, so a student who transfers to a four-year college counts as not graduating even though transferring on is usually the entire point.

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PiscatawayPrivate (for-profit)$30,766not reported83%$57,695
Cherry HillPrivate (for-profit)$20,447not reported52%$36,251
CLIFTONPrivate (for-profit)$17,190not reported64%$36,251
SomersetPrivate (for-profit)$22,066not reported66%$36,251
Toms RiverPrivate (for-profit)$15,735not reported57%$36,251
DenvillePrivatenot reportednot reported100%not reported
Mays LandingPublic$11,791not reported27%$41,861
Hasbrouck HeightsPrivate (for-profit)$24,303not reported83%$77,996
ParamusPublic$10,042not reported22%$52,092
East OrangePrivate (for-profit)not reportednot reported97%$77,263
LincroftPublic$11,178not reported31%$52,151
BlackwoodPublic$2,974not reported31%$43,903
TrentonPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
TrentonPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
RandolphPublic$10,845not reported36%$56,266
NutleyPrivate (for-profit)$21,089not reported49%$45,284
NewarkPublic$6,242not reported18%$43,365
UnionPrivate (for-profit)$10,74842%89%$48,184
Englewood CliffsPrivate$28,38520%100%$81,092
Jersey CityPublic$6,999not reported24%$41,407
PlainfieldPrivate$36,10159%83%$84,633
TeterboroPrivate (for-profit)$56,58768%30%$73,055
MahwahPrivate (for-profit)$38,763not reported75%$56,095
South PlainfieldPrivate (for-profit)$36,329not reported77%$56,095
OceanPrivate (for-profit)not reportednot reported100%$45,409
West WindsorPublic$7,132not reported20%$46,960
EdisonPublic$4,122not reported36%$51,345
Toms RiverPublic$17,153not reported44%$49,461
PatersonPublic$2,835not reported17%$42,497
BlackwoodPrivate (for-profit)$28,322not reported79%$47,507
BranchburgPublic$4,662not reported34%$54,444
Mount LaurelPublic$7,766not reported35%$48,107
VinelandPublic$13,091not reported33%$47,364
SewellPublic$14,240not reported34%$47,364
Carneys PointPublic$9,093not reported45%$47,361
LakewoodPrivate$19,28144%98%not reported
NewtonPublic$10,517not reported30%$49,731
CranfordPublic$6,626not reported33%$46,869
BloomfieldPrivate (for-profit)$27,676not reported70%$58,939
WashingtonPublic$2,746not reported44%$47,869
How to read these numbers. Net price is the average a student pays per year after grant aid, not the sticker price, and it covers only students receiving federal aid. At a public university it is the in-state figure, so if you live elsewhere your own cost will be higher, often much higher. Admitted is the share of applicants offered a place, and it is blank for open-admission schools that do not turn applicants away. Earnings is median pay ten years after a student entered the school, including those who never finished. Every figure is an average across all income levels, so run the school's own net price calculator before you treat any of it as your price - the College Finder links each school's calculator directly.

Data: IPEDS 2024; SAT from IPEDS admissions 2023; College Scorecard released 11/02/2026; financial composite score for fiscal year 2022-23; endowment from IPEDS finance 2022-23 divided by IPEDS 2023 enrollment. Refreshed 2026-11-08.

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