Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in New Jersey

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in New Jersey, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 29 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey98.4%5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 2Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey93.6%48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 3Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey93.0%58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 4The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey91.3%62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 5New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey89.5%65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 6Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey88.4%68%1227$24k$64k70%1,53314 mi 7Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey83.8%71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 8Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey83.6%71%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 9Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey82.3%78%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 10Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey81.5%73%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 11Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey80.0%66%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 12Chamberlain University-New JerseyNorth Brunswick, New Jersey80.0%100%—$38k$92k33%1,2268 mi 13Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, New Jersey79.9%89%1223$31k$68k72%3,6841 mi 14Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey78.6%89%1139$21k$58k69%7,5375 mi 15Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey78.4%79%1227$25k$62k61%3,10624 mi 16Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison, New Jersey78.2%95%—$23k$57k67%1,99015 mi 17Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey77.9%88%1070$16k$61k65%18,37611 mi 18Centenary UniversityHackettstown, New Jersey77.8%83%—$21k$54k56%91036 mi 19Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, New Jersey77.3%71%1260$25k$54k57%1,57512 mi 20Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey77.0%91%—$15k$57k53%2,6275 mi 21Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, New Jersey76.1%79%—$19k$53k54%1,1958 mi 22Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey76.1%76%1040$12k$57k47%11,4333 mi 23Felician UniversityLodi, New Jersey75.7%——$40k$58k47%1,7747 mi 24William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey73.9%90%—$19k$58k44%6,61414 mi 25Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, New Jersey71.8%90%—$12k$58k58%2,1352 mi 26New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, New Jersey64.8%98%—$16k$53k34%3,6811 mi 27Saint Elizabeth UniversityMorristown, New Jersey64.7%71%—$23k$53k51%55716 mi 28Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityBloomfield, New Jersey59.4%70%—$28k$61k38%7817 mi 29Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park, New Jersey54.5%——$27k$40k44%1,77812 mi

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