by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
The College of New Jersey was awarded 427 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is early childhood education.
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TCNJ landed the #251 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
TCNJ also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.
The acceptance rate at The College of New Jersey is a competitive 62%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 42% of students accepted to TCNJ submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 670. Math scores were between 590 and 680.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, The College of New Jersey is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at The College of New Jersey is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The College of New Jersey has a freshmen retention rate of 92%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at TCNJ for first-time, full-time students is 75%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,105 undergraduates at TCNJ with 6,898 being full-time and 207 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,273 | $15,377 | $25,434 | $32,381 | $33,697 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of TCNJ, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At TCNJ, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $8,441 a year. That adds up to $33,764 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at TCNJ is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for TCNJ are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628-7718 |
| Phone: | 609-771-1855 |
| Website: | https://www.tcnj.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/tcnjlions |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/tcnj |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 276 | $50,470 |
| General Biology | 120 | $18,233 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 113 | $49,849 |
| General Psychology | 108 | $31,706 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 90 | $49,256 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 85 | $36,796 |
| Nursing | 73 | $72,953 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 73 | $28,767 |
| Special Education | 69 | NA |
| General English Literature | 58 | $34,126 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,124 students took at least one online class at The College of New Jersey. This is a decrease from the 7,766 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,124 | 84 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,766 | 7,390 |
| 2018-2019 | 458 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 306 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 171 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at The College of New Jersey.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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