America’s Top Colleges 2016 179/200
College of New Jersey
- Student Population: 7,409
- Undergraduate Population:6,743
- Student to Faculty Ratioa: 13
- Total Annual Costc: $43,751
- In-State Tuitionc: $15,466
- Out-of-State Tuitionc: $26,397
- Percent on Financial Aidd: 82%
- Average Grant Aid Received (FT/First-Time): $7,149
- Percent Admittede: 49%
- SAT Composite Rangef: 1120-1310
- ACT Composite Rangef: 24-29
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Profile
The College of New Jersey is a public institution in Ewing, NJ. TCNJ has an award-winning First-Year Experience program, keeping its retention (93%) and graduation rates (86%) extremely high. The most common field of study at TCNJ is education, and it also hosts seven-year medicine and optometry programs. The college, whose students are almost all from the Garden State, is housed on its 289-acre colonial-style campus, where on-campus housing is guaranteed for the first two years.Ewing’s location allows for seamless public transportation to New York, Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore for a night out or to grind at an internship. The TCNJ Lions compete in 18 different sports in the NCAA Division III.
