2021 Best Colleges in New Jersey for Students from Australia

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Colleges for Australian Students in New Jersey ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 3 schools in New Jersey, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Australian students in New Jersey. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

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Top Colleges in New Jersey for Students from Australia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

$56,010 Avg Tuition & Fees

23.2% International Students

Princeton University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Australian students in New Jersey. Princeton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Princeton, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,175 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 23.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Princeton come from such countries as China, Canada, and India.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

$33,005 Avg Tuition & Fees

11.4% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Rutgers New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8,803 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 11.4% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Rutgers New Brunswick come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

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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3

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ

$38,074 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.1% International Students

A rank of #3 on our list means Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a great place for Australian students in New Jersey working on their bachelor’s degree. Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Teaneck, New Jersey that handed out 734 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.1% are international. Students studying at FDU come from such countries as India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 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.