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 student loan default rate at TCNJ is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at TCNJ is the post-master's certificate.
• In 2017-2018, 46% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from TCNJ makes roughly $58,500 a year. This is 43% 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.

The College of New Jersey Rankings

We have ranked TCNJ as #87 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #2 out of 49 schools in New Jersey.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

TCNJ has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#53	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#91	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at TCNJ.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best English Language & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#51	Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#66	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards TCNJ has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#8	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools	College Factual
#15	Best Teaching Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#16	Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	College Factual
#21	Best Education Schools	College Factual
#64	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#66	Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/tcnjlions
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/tcnj

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	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into TCNJ?

The acceptance rate at TCNJ is 51%, 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 50%, and the acceptance rate for women is 52%.

Average Test Scores

About 87% 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 650. Math scores were between 570 and 670.

TCNJ received ACT scores from 19% 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 54% of students took out student loans averaging $11,155 a year. That adds up to $44,620 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at TCNJ is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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.

Online Learning at The College of New Jersey

In 2019-2020, 7,766 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at TCNJ has changed over the last few years.

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	298	0	0	298
Teacher Education Grade Specific	111	32	48	191
Special Education	62	7	63	132
Educational Administration	0	13	97	110
Nursing	91	2	16	109
General Biology	108	0	0	108
General Psychology	102	0	0	102
Teacher Education Subject Specific	69	0	22	91
Fine & Studio Arts	88	0	0	88
Communication & Media Studies	78	0	0	78
General English Literature	61	0	16	77
Mathematics	53	0	0	53
Public Health	48	0	2	50
Criminal Justice & Corrections	49	0	0	49
History	46	0	0	46
Accounting	45	0	0	45
Computer Information Systems	44	0	0	44
Student Counseling	0	0	36	36
Mechanical Engineering	33	0	0	33
Teaching English or French	0	3	26	29
Political Science & Government	29	0	0	29
Multilingual Education	0	28	0	28
Civil Engineering	23	0	0	23
International Relations & National Security	21	0	0	21
Economics	20	0	0	20
Electrical Engineering	19	0	0	19
Biomedical Engineering	18	0	0	18
Chemistry	18	0	0	18
Computer Engineering	17	0	0	17
Physics	17	0	0	17
Music	17	0	0	17
Sociology	16	0	0	16
Journalism	12	0	0	12
Engineering Science	10	0	0	10
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	8	0	0	8
Philosophy	7	0	0	7
Romance Languages	5	0	0	5
Ethnic Studies	4	0	0	4
Mental & Social Health Services	0	3	0	3
Communication Sciences	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
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,649	88	326	2,063

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.