Popular New Jersey Colleges Easy to Get Into
New Jersey has 19 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Kean University in Union, New Jersey, accepting 76% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Montclair State University, Monmouth University and Rowan University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Kean University
- Public 4 Year
- Union, NJ
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4.1 | 7 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Kean is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and design. The suburban campus in Union sits near New York City.
- SAT Range 930-1150
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $12,708
Montclair State University
- Public 4 Year
- Montclair, NJ
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Montclair State is a large public university known for undergraduate education and the performing arts. The suburban campus sits in northern New Jersey near New York City.
- SAT Range 910-1210
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $17,669
Monmouth University
- Private 4 Year
- West Long Branch, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Monmouth is a private university known for undergraduate business, communication, and education. The suburban campus sits a short drive from the Atlantic beaches on the New Jersey shore.
- SAT Range 1140-1310
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $34,072
Rowan University
- Public 4 Year
- Glassboro, NJ
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2.7 | 6 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
Rowan is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and education. Glassboro is a South Jersey college town built around the campus.
- SAT Range 1110-1310
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Net Price $23,761
Rider University
- Private 4 Year
- Lawrenceville, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
Rider is a private university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and music through Westminster Choir College. The suburban campus is in Lawrenceville near Princeton.
- SAT Range 1100-1320
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $26,506
William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Public 4 Year
- Wayne, NJ
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- 90% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
William Paterson is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and music. The suburban Wayne campus sits in northern New Jersey within reach of New York City.
- SAT Range 990-1345
- Avg GPA 2.97
- Net Price $13,509
Stockton University
- Public 4 Year
- Galloway, NJ
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Sep 1 application deadline
Stockton is a public university known for undergraduate environmental science and marine science. The wooded campus sits in New Jersey's Pinelands near Atlantic City.
- SAT Range 1030-1230
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $20,761
Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham Campus
- Private 4 Year
- Madison, NJ
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- 95% acceptance rate
Fairleigh Dickinson Florham is a private university known for undergraduate business, psychology, and communications. The residential campus occupies a historic estate in suburban Madison.
- SAT Range 1040-1310
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $25,585
New Jersey City University
- Public 4 Year
- Jersey City, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 98% acceptance rate
NJCU is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The urban campus sits in Jersey City across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
- SAT Range 890-1140
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $16,724
Felician University
- Private 4 Year
- Lodi, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
Felician is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The main campus is in suburban Lodi in northern New Jersey, with a second campus in nearby Rutherford.
- SAT Range 890-1150
- Avg GPA 3.05
- Net Price $15,569
Centenary University
- Private 4 Year
- Hackettstown, NJ
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- 83% acceptance rate
Centenary is a private university known for undergraduate equine studies and education. The main campus is set in the residential town of Hackettstown in northwestern New Jersey.
- SAT Range 990-1170
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.23
- Net Price $22,640
Georgian Court University
- Private 4 Year
- Lakewood, NJ
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- 79% acceptance rate
Georgian Court is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The historic Lakewood campus occupies a former Gilded Age estate with formal gardens.
- SAT Range 1043-1251
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $20,457
Thomas Edison State University
- Public 4 Year
- Trenton, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Thomas Edison State is a public university known for online undergraduate degree programs and flexible study for adult learners. Most students complete coursework at a distance rather than on a traditional residential campus in Trenton.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus
- Private 4 Year
- Teaneck, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
FDU is a private university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and international studies. The suburban Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck sits close to New York City.
- SAT Range 908-1180
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $16,920
Saint Peter's University
- Private 4 Year
- Jersey City, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Saint Peter's is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and education. The urban Jersey City campus sits across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
- SAT Range 970-1150
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $13,775
Rabbinical College of America
- Private 4 Year
- Morristown, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
Rabbinical College of America is a private Orthodox Jewish rabbinical college focused on undergraduate Talmudic and rabbinical studies. The Morristown campus is a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva for men preparing for the rabbinate.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $16,881
Keser Torah Mayan Hatalmud
- Private 4 Year
- Lakewood, NJ
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
A private Orthodox yeshiva known for undergraduate Talmud and Torah study. The school is based in Lakewood's large Orthodox Jewish community.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $12,345
Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok
- Private 4 Year
- Elizabeth, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
An Orthodox Jewish yeshiva known for intensive undergraduate Talmud and Torah study. Students follow a traditional full-time religious learning schedule on its Elizabeth campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $29,330