2021 Best Affordable Colleges in New Jersey for Students from Hong Kong

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Value Colleges for Hong Kongese Students in New Jersey ranking.

After analyzing 2 schools in New Jersey, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Hong Kongese students in New Jersey. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in New Jersey for Students from Hong Kong

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

$33,005 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

11.4% International Students

Rutgers University - New Brunswick tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Hong Kongese students in New Jersey. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 8,803 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 11.4% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to Rutgers New Brunswick to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Rutgers New Brunswick runs, on average, about $33,005. Graduate students pay around $33,215 a year in average tuition and fees.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

$56,010 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

23.2% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Hong Kongese students in New Jersey list. Located in Princeton, New Jersey, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,175 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 23.2% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Princeton are China, Canada, and India. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Princeton runs, on average, about $56,010. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $58,790 per year.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.