Highest Graduation Rate Colleges in New Jersey
25 schools ranked by six-year graduation rate from federal IPEDS data. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton University Princeton · private | $6,128 | 98.0% | $110,066 | 4.6% |
| 2 | Seminary Bnos Chaim Lakewood · private | $22,151 | 97.8% | — | 43.6% |
| 3 | Total Image Beauty Academy Union City · private | $12,830 | 92.5% | $18,720 | — |
| 4 | Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and Wellness Voorhees · private | $17,818 | 90.2% | $29,601 | — |
| 5 | American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education Piscataway · private | — | 88.9% | $40,407 | — |
| 6 | Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & Cosmetology Wayne · private | — | 88.5% | — | — |
| 7 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken · private | $41,346 | 87.5% | $108,772 | 47.6% |
| 8 | Innovate Salon Academy South Plainfield · private | $42,607 | 86.7% | — | — |
| 9 | The College of New Jersey Ewing · public | $27,646 | 86.5% | $73,323 | 62.3% |
| 10 | Parisian Beauty School Hackensack · private | $32,141 | 86.4% | $27,767 | — |
| 11 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · public | $24,406 | 84.4% | $74,479 | 58.1% |
| 12 | Advantage Career Institute Eatontown · private | $12,819 | 81.9% | — | — |
| 13 | Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences Paterson · private | $22,148 | 80.7% | $43,917 | — |
| 14 | Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS Hackensack · public | $10,588 | 80.7% | $49,739 | — |
| 15 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark · public | $16,504 | 79.9% | $84,276 | 65.1% |
| 16 | Innovate Salon Academy Ewing · private | $23,670 | 79.4% | — | — |
| 17 | P B Cosmetology Education Center Gloucester · private | $16,188 | 77.0% | $26,800 | — |
| 18 | Stockton University Galloway · public | $20,670 | 76.4% | $57,602 | 88.9% |
| 19 | Drew University Madison · private | $24,280 | 75.0% | $63,646 | 67.8% |
| 20 | Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro Hasbrouck Heights · private | $24,800 | 74.1% | $73,971 | — |
| 21 | Lincoln Technical Institute-Union Union · private | $27,311 | 73.6% | $46,396 | — |
| 22 | Rowan University Glassboro · public | $22,408 | 72.0% | $59,988 | 77.7% |
| 23 | Monmouth University West Long Branch · private | $30,988 | 71.6% | $67,991 | 89.0% |
| 24 | Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah · public | $18,173 | 70.5% | $67,541 | 70.6% |
| 25 | Pennco Tech-Blackwood Blackwood · private | $22,671 | 70.5% | $42,013 | — |
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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.