New Jersey

Where New Jersey's high school graduates go to college

160,172
Total Freshmen
1437
Destination Colleges
60%
Stay In-State
72%
Go to 4-Year

Enrollment by Sector

Trends Over Time

Top Destination Colleges

Where New Jersey's high school graduates enroll as freshmen

# College State Freshmen Share
1 Rutgers University-New Brunswick in-state New Jersey 10,851 6.8%
2 Montclair State University in-state New Jersey 5,271 3.3%
3 Rowan University in-state New Jersey 4,213 2.6%
4 Middlesex College in-state New Jersey 3,783 2.4%
5 Ocean County College in-state New Jersey 3,492 2.2%
6 Brookdale Community College in-state New Jersey 3,291 2.1%
7 Kean University in-state New Jersey 2,980 1.9%
8 Bergen Community College in-state New Jersey 2,961 1.8%
9 Rowan College at Burlington County in-state New Jersey 2,913 1.8%
10 Rowan College of South Jersey-Glouc in-state New Jersey 2,742 1.7%
11 Stockton University in-state New Jersey 2,686 1.7%
12 UCNJ Union College of Union County, in-state New Jersey 2,681 1.7%
13 The College of New Jersey in-state New Jersey 2,638 1.6%
14 Raritan Valley Community College in-state New Jersey 2,505 1.6%
15 Rutgers University-Newark in-state New Jersey 2,495 1.6%
16 County College of Morris in-state New Jersey 2,482 1.5%
17 William Paterson University of New in-state New Jersey 2,369 1.5%
18 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 2,167 1.4%
19 New Jersey Institute of Technology in-state New Jersey 2,124 1.3%
20 New Jersey City University in-state New Jersey 2,014 1.3%
21 Ramapo College of New Jersey in-state New Jersey 1,887 1.2%
22 Mercer County Community College in-state New Jersey 1,784 1.1%
23 Seton Hall University in-state New Jersey 1,724 1.1%
24 Hudson County Community College in-state New Jersey 1,685 1.1%
25 Camden County College in-state New Jersey 1,668 1.0%
26 Essex County College in-state New Jersey 1,636 1.0%
27 University of Delaware Delaware 1,625 1.0%
28 Atlantic Cape Community College in-state New Jersey 1,456 0.9%
29 Monmouth University in-state New Jersey 1,361 0.8%
30 New York University New York 1,274 0.8%
31 Stevens Institute of Technology in-state New Jersey 1,204 0.8%
32 Rider University in-state New Jersey 1,101 0.7%
33 Rutgers University-Camden in-state New Jersey 1,061 0.7%
34 Drexel University Pennsylvania 970 0.6%
35 Temple University Pennsylvania 930 0.6%
36 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Flor in-state New Jersey 873 0.5%
37 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metr in-state New Jersey 796 0.5%
38 Villanova University Pennsylvania 770 0.5%
39 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 755 0.5%
40 Northeastern University Massachusetts 748 0.5%
41 Felician University in-state New Jersey 746 0.5%
42 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 733 0.5%
43 Syracuse University New York 717 0.4%
44 Passaic County Community College in-state New Jersey 716 0.4%
45 Bloomfield College in-state New Jersey 706 0.4%
46 Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumbe in-state New Jersey 677 0.4%
47 Berkeley College-Woodland Park in-state New Jersey 659 0.4%
48 James Madison University Virginia 650 0.4%
49 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Virginia 634 0.4%
50 Sacred Heart University Connecticut 620 0.4%