If you’re thinking about in-state college options for your teen, WalletHub has just released its latest rankings of the best colleges and universities in New Jersey.
WalletHub compared more than 800 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost and Financing, and Career Outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.
Princeton University of course tops the list. The elite Ivy League university also placed third on the national list and is the only New Jersey school in the top 80.
WalletHub ranked Princeton:
1st – Admission Rate
1st – Post-Attendance Median Salary
1st – Graduation Rate
1st – Post-Attendance Median Salary
1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
2nd – Gender & Racial Diversity
18th – On-Campus Crime
18th – Net Cost
Stevens Institute of Technology is geared toward students who have an interest in the sciences and want a career in engineering or the medical field. It has an urban feel since the city of Hoboken surrounds the campus buildings.
WalletHub ranked Stevens:
2nd – Admission Rate
2nd – Graduation Rate
4th – Student-Faculty Ratio
12th – Gender & Racial Diversity
15th – On-Campus Crime
17th – Net Cost
New Jersey Institute of Technology is the state’s public polytechnic university, and a leader in STEM education, research, economic development and service. Located in Newark, it also has a graduate-degree-granting satellite campus in Jersey City.
WalletHub ranked NJIT:
3rd – Post-Attendance Median Salary
4th – Admission Rate
4th – On-Campus Crime
6th – Graduation Rate
8th – Gender & Racial Diversity
8th – Net Cost
13th – Student-Faculty Ratio
Of 2024’s Best College & University Rankings, these are the Top 10 Colleges & Universities in New Jersey:
1. Princeton University
2. Stevens Institute of Technology
3. New Jersey Institute of Technology
4. Rutgers University-New Brunswick
5. The College of New Jersey
6. Ramapo College of New Jersey
7. Rutgers University-Newark
8. Rutgers University-Camden
9. Rowan University
10. Saint Peter’s University
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