Colleges in New Jersey by Acceptance Rate

28 New Jersey colleges ranked from most to least selective, using the latest federal IPEDS admissions data.

#	College	State	Rate	Applicants
1	Princeton University	New Jersey	4.5%	39,644
2	Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	43.4%	14,170
3	The College of New Jersey	New Jersey	62.1%	11,668
4	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Jersey	65.3%	43,347
5	Caldwell University	New Jersey	65.4%	7,845
6	New Jersey Institute of Technology	New Jersey	66.9%	13,993
7	Bloomfield College	New Jersey	67.2%	3,491
8	Jersey College	New Jersey	67.9%	536
9	Drew University	New Jersey	69.4%	4,604
10	Georgian Court University	New Jersey	70.5%	2,317
11	Ramapo College of New Jersey	New Jersey	73.2%	7,553
12	Kean University	New Jersey	76.9%	12,142
13	Saint Elizabeth University	New Jersey	77.2%	1,777
14	Rowan University	New Jersey	77.8%	17,923
15	Rutgers University-Camden	New Jersey	77.8%	11,951
16	Rutgers University-Newark	New Jersey	78.7%	17,779
17	Seton Hall University	New Jersey	78.9%	23,748
18	Rider University	New Jersey	79.4%	9,069
19	Montclair State University	New Jersey	87.4%	23,599
20	Stockton University	New Jersey	88.2%	9,338
21	New Jersey City University	New Jersey	89.2%	5,757
22	Monmouth University	New Jersey	89.5%	8,410
23	Saint Peter's University	New Jersey	90.5%	4,381
24	William Paterson University of New Jersey	New Jersey	92.5%	7,754
25	Felician University	New Jersey	94%	2,254
26	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus	New Jersey	95.3%	4,457
27	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	New Jersey	95.9%	4,259
28	Centenary University	New Jersey	96.7%	1,294