The College of New Jersey Overview

The College of New Jersey is a public institution located in Ewing, New Jersey. TCNJ is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is The College of New Jersey Known For?

• The highest award offered at TCNJ is the post-master's certificate.
• In a recent academic period49% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from TCNJ makes roughly $73,323 a year. This is 80% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average TCNJ student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is The College of New Jersey?

Contact details for TCNJ are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628-7718
Phone:	609-771-1855
Website:	www.tcnj.edu

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How Do I Get Into TCNJ?

You can apply to TCNJ online at: https://admissions.tcnj.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for TCNJ

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into TCNJ?

The acceptance rate at TCNJ is 64%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 62%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 46% of students accepted to TCNJ submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 670. Math scores were between 570 and 680.

TCNJ received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford The College of New Jersey?

The overall average net price of TCNJ is $39,822. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At TCNJ, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $10,030 a year. That adds up to $40,120 over four years for those students.

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The College of New Jersey Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,105 undergraduate students at TCNJ, with 6,898 being full-time and 207 being part-time.

There are also 678 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,898 full-time undergraduates at TCNJ, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The College of New Jersey students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	800
Black or African American	377
Hispanic or Latino	1,059
White	4,277
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	336

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at The College of New Jersey. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 20 countries are represented at TCNJ. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

The College of New Jersey Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	276	2	21	299
Special Education	68	6	87	161
Teacher Education Grade Specific	99	24	30	153
General Biology	137	0	0	137
General Psychology	134	0	0	134
Nursing	67	2	12	81
Communication & Media Studies	79	0	0	79
Teacher Education Subject Specific	60	1	18	79
Fine & Studio Arts	79	0	0	79
General English Literature	59	0	18	77
Student Counseling	0	0	71	71
Educational Administration	0	3	62	65
Criminal Justice & Corrections	63	0	0	63
Public Health	49	2	7	58
Mathematics	57	0	0	57
History	52	0	0	52
Computer Information Systems	47	0	0	47
Multilingual Education	0	45	0	45
Accounting	43	0	0	43
Mechanical Engineering	40	0	0	40
Political Science & Government	39	0	0	39
Biomedical Engineering	37	0	0	37
Chemistry	35	0	0	35
Civil Engineering	29	0	0	29
Communication Sciences	26	0	0	26
Teaching English or French	0	4	21	25
Economics	25	0	0	25
Physics	23	0	0	23
Electrical Engineering	18	0	0	18
Music	18	0	0	18
International Relations & National Security	17	0	0	17
Sociology	13	0	0	13
Computer Engineering	12	0	0	12
Journalism	10	0	0	10
Philosophy	4	0	0	4
Engineering Science	3	0	0	3
Anthropology	3	0	0	3
Ethnic Studies	2	0	0	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	2	0	0	2
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0
General Education	0	0	0	0
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	0
International Education	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	0	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,725	89	347	2,161

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Tomwsulcer under License

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