New Jersey
N.J.’s hardest (and easiest) colleges to get accepted to, ranked
The odds of getting into your favorite New Jersey college range from almost certain to nearly impossible, depending on your school of choice.
But there’s good news for most high school students. Applicants at the vast majority of the Garden State’s four-year universities have at least a 50% shot.
Check out the list below to see the 2023 acceptance rate for each of the state’s four-year institutions with at least 1,000 applications, not including for-profit colleges.
The rates were calculated by NJ Advance Media using data from the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education.
27. Centenary University
Hackettstown
Acceptance rate: 96.7%
Applications: 1,304
Offers: 1,261
26. Felician University
Lodi and Rutherford
Acceptance rate: 94.0%
Applications: 2,254
Offers: 2,119
Machuga Student Center on the University Commons at William Paterson University in Wayne. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)
25. William Paterson University
Wayne
Acceptance rate: 92.5%
Applications: 7,754
Offers: 7,174
24. Saint Peter’s University
Jersey City
Acceptance rate: 90.5%
Applications: 4,381
Offers: 3,966
23. Monmouth University
West Long Branch
Acceptance rate: 89.5%
Applications: 8,410
Offers: 7,530
22. New Jersey City University
Jersey City
Acceptance rate: 89.2%
Applications: 5,758
Offers: 5,134
21. Stockton University
Galloway
Acceptance rate: 88.2%
Applications: 9,338
Offers: 8,233
Rocky the Red Hawk greets students as they move onto Montclair State University’s campus. Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
20. Montclair State University
Montclair
Acceptance rate: 87.4%
Applications: 23,599
Offers: 20,629
19. Fairleigh Dickinson University – Florham Campus
Madison
Acceptance rate: 86.5%
Applications: 5,325
Offers: 4,606
18. Fairleigh Dickinson University – Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck
Acceptance rate: 84.3%
Applications: 4,862
Offers: 4,097
17. Rider University
Lawrence
Acceptance rate: 79.4%
Applications: 9,069
Offers: 7,201
16. Seton Hall University
South Orange
Acceptance rate: 78.9%
Applications: 23,748
Offers: 18,738
Rutgers-Newark received 17,779 applications last year.Steve Hockstein | For NJ Advance
15. Rutgers University – Newark
Newark
Acceptance rate: 78.7%
Applications: 17,779
Offers: 13,997
14. Rowan University
Glassboro
Acceptance rate: 77.82%
Applications: 17,923
Offers: 13,948
13. Rutgers University – Camden
Camden
Acceptance rate: 77.8%
Applications: 11,951
Offers: 9,293
12. Saint Elizabeth University
Morristown
Acceptance rate: 77.3%
Applications: 1,781
Offers: 1,377
11. Bloomfield College
Bloomfield
Acceptance rate: 77%
Applications: 3,048
Offers: 2,347
Kean Hall at Kean University.NJ Sport Pics
10. Kean University
Union
Acceptance rate: 76.9%
Applications: 12,142
Offers: 9,335
9. Ramapo College
Mahwah
Acceptance rate: 73.2%
Applications: 7,553
Offers: 5,530
8. Georgian Court University
Lakewood
Acceptance rate: 70.5%
Applications: 2,317
Offers: 1,634
7. Drew University
Madison
Acceptance rate: 69.4%
Applications: 4,604
Offers: 3,197
6. Caldwell University
Caldwell
Acceptance rate: 67.04%
Applications: 7,769
Offers: 5,208
New Jersey Institute of Technology made offers last year to 9,367 students. Julian Leshay | For NJ Advance Media
5. New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark
Acceptance rate: 66.9%
Applications: 14,010
Offers: 9,367
4. Rutgers University – New Brunswick
New Brunswick
Acceptance rate: 65.4%
Applications: 43,347
Offers: 28,326
3. The College of New Jersey
Ewing
Acceptance rate: 62.1%
Applications: 11,668
Offers: 7,251
2. Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Acceptance rate: 44.1%
Applications: 14,170
Offers: 6,244
1. Princeton University
Princeton
Acceptance rate: 4.5%
Applications: 39,644
Offers: 1,782
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Adam Clark may be reached at aclark@njadvancemedia.com.
New Jersey
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Monmouth County hospital among World’s Best Hospitals for 2026
Ranney School student plays music for Monmouth Medical Center patients
Ava Silva Costa, a sophomore at the Ranney School in Tinton Falls, has started Arturo Healing Hearts, bringing her violin music to area hospitals.
Hospitals are an important need in the world.
And finding a facility with high-quality medical care that’s reliable is also important.
Newsweek, the premier news magazine and website, has partnered with Statista to release a dependable guidance list of the World’s Best Hospitals – United States for 2026.
In it’s eight year, these ranking highlights the leading hospitals around the globe so readers can find information tailored to their needs and location the report stated.
Each hospital was reviewed and given a score based on four data sources: recommendations from medical experts; hospital quality metrics, existing patient experience data and Statista’s Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Implementation Survey.
In typical New Jersey fashion, the Garden State makes the list among the 2,500 hospitals that were evaluated this year.
Nine hospitals from the Garden State made the list with one representing Monmouth County. With an overall score of 61.79% and the Infection Prevention Award, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch made the top 9 list for roster in World’s Best Hospitals 2026 from Newsweek.
World’s Best Hospitals 2026 in New Jersey
- No. 53: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown; overall score: 70.74%
- No. 56: Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack; overall score: 70.07%
- No. 134: The Valley Hospital in Paramus; overall score: 65.36%
- No. 186: Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit; overall score: 64.42%
- No. 254: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood; overall score: 63.13%
- No. 320: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick; overall score: 62.26%
- No. 364: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark; overall score: 61.82%
- No. 366: Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro; overall score: 61.80%
- No. 367: Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch; overall score: 61.79%
New Jersey
Newly released body cam footage shows response to massive industrial explosion in Gloucester County
LOGAN TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — Newly released body camera footage gives us a first look at the heroic actions of first responders on the scene of a massive industrial explosion in Gloucester County earlier this month.
The explosion happened at an industrial facility in Logan Township, New Jersey, on March 4 and left several workers injured.
The initial blast could be heard miles away.
Now, we are getting a look at the frantic rush to help in the moments after it happened.
New details released after massive explosion at Logan Twp., New Jersey factory
In the footage, you can hear the police officers frantically trying to locate people who were injured by the blast at Savita Naturals.
Large propane tanks burned in the background as rescuers tried to account for any survivors.
At one point, first responders are seen running inside the building to look for people. You can see damaged walls and debris everywhere.
Four people were injured in the blast, with one of them being thrown off the roof and into the woods near the water tower.
Amazingly, the worker was found alive by a fence. He was badly burned, but able to talk.
First responders had to load him in a truck and get him to the road, where a Logan Township officer tried to keep him calm as they waited for an ambulance.
Body cam video shows an officer calling the man’s wife to let her know he was alive.
That officer stayed by his side until he was finally loaded into a police car and rushed to the hospital.
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
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