One more time!
Rank every NJ college for prospective students.
Bloomfield
Caldwell
Centenary
Drew
Fairleigh Dickinson Florham
Fairleigh Dickinson Metro
Felician
Georgian Court
Kean
Monmouth
Montclair
NJCU
NJIT
Other NJ Colleges(If I forgot)
Pillar
Princeton
Ramapo
Rider
Rowan
Rutgers Camden
Rutgers Newark
Rutgers New Brunswick
Saint Peter’s
Seton Hall
St.Elizabeth
Stevens
Stockton
TCNJ
Thomas Edison
William Paterson
Top Tier: Princeton
Tier 1: RU, Stevens, TCNJ
Tier 2: Drew, Seton Hall
Tier 2.5: NJIT, Rider, Rowan
Tier 3: FD Florham, FD Metro, Monmouth, Montclair, Ramapo, RU-C, RU-N, Stockton
Tier 4: Bloomfield, Caldwell, Kean, NJCU, WP
Tier 5: Others
Top Tier: Princeton
Tier 1: Rutgers, Stevens, NJIT
Tier 2: Rowan, Montclair, Drew, TCNJ
Tier 3: Rider, RU-N, Stockton, Monmouth Ramapo,
Tier 4: WP, RU-C, Seton Hall, FDU
Tier 5: Others
Seton Hall & St. Elizabeth aren’t worth anything near their costs. NJCU & Kean are just disasters.
What is Pillar? I couldn’t find much information about it, although it’s religion is the “Pillar of Fire”. Sounds kind of scary…
Is the student likely to major in philosophy, or aim for a Wall Street job?
Princeton (5 stars)
Stevens/TCNJ/Rutgers NB (all 4 stars)
Rowan (3.5 stars)
Montclair/NJIT/Drew/Seton Hall/Rider/Stockton (all 3 stars)
Monmouth/Ramapo/FDU/Rutgers Newark/Rutgers Camden (all 2.5 stars)
All the rest are nothing short of abysmally wretched.
@tk21769 in what world is NJIT number 3???
I remember a discussion back in high school:
There are lots of great colleges in New Jersey.
Yeah? Name two.
I think this give a general feel:
New Jersey Colleges SAT Scores (mid 50%)
Reading Math Writing
25% 75% 25% 75% 25% 75%
Princeton University 700 790 710 800 710 800
Stevens Institute of Technology 570 670 640 720 - -
College of New Jersey 550 650 580 680 560 670
Rutgers University, NB 520 630 560 680 540 650
NJIT 470 600 550 660 470 590
Ramapo College 490 600 510 620 500 600
Rowan University 480 590 510 630 480 580
Seton Hall University 490 590 510 610 490 600
Richard Stockton College 470 570 500 600 470 570
Monmouth University 470 560 490 580 490 580
Rutgers University, Newark 460 550 490 590 470 560
Drew University 490 620 480 600 490 610
Rutgers University, Camden 460 560 470 570 460 560
William Paterson University 450 550 470 550 - -
Fairleigh Dickinson - Florham 450 560 460 570 450 560
Fairleigh Dickinson - Metro 440 530 460 560 440 640
Montclair State University 440 530 460 540 450 540
Kean University 410 500 430 520 - -
Caldwell College 410 500 410 520 410 510
Saint Peter’s College 410 510 410 520 410 510
Centenary College 400 500 400 490 - -
Rider University 420 500 400 520 420 510
for Chardo- Princeton and The College of New Jersey . Done.
^I’d name Stevens over TCNJ, although TCNJ is also a very good school.
TCNJ biz school today was ranked#35 in the entire country 2016 by businessweek/Bloomberg that’s up from #63 in 2014!
Top Tier:
Princeton
High Tier:
Rutgers
TCNJ
Stevens
Middle Tier:
Drew
Rider
Seton Hall
NJIT
Monmouth
Rowan
Ramapo
Rutgers Newark
Rutgers Camden
Low Tier:
Montclair
Stockton
FDU Metropolitan
FDU Florham
Saint Peter’s
Caldwell
Saint Elizabeth
Georgian Court
Thomas Edison
Bottom Tier:
Kean
William Patterson
Bloomfield
Centenary
Felician
NJCU
Overall
@ExpertOnMistakes I would switch Montclair/Stockton for Newark/Camden (or at least make a separate lower tier) and I would put Thomas Edison in the bottom tier. Otherwise spot on.
That’s pretty much my list
@LBad96 Thanks. I put Montclair and Stockton in the low tier because they have more stigma attached to them than the middle tier schools, although they are superior to the other colleges in that category. If I had a tier between middle and low, they’d be in it.
Rutgers Newark and Camden are middle tier schools for me because they have the benefit of being associated with Rutgers and it seems much of the negativity directed at them stems from the two not being as well-regarded as the New Brunswick campus and the areas they’re located in.
Statistical information about Thomas Edison (e.g. acceptance rate, average high school GPA, SAT scores, graduation rates) isn’t available online, so I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and place them in low tier instead of bottom tier. However, I wouldn’t argue against anyone who ranks them in the bottom tier. I assume that information isn’t online because the school isn’t providing it to other entities and that’s obviously not a good sign.
From what I’ve read Thomas Edison is a college for adult learners(full time employees, military vets, & stay at home mom, etc.). Most students don’t go to the campus at all & class are online. There are no dorms. You teach yourself. Sometimes there are group projects, but in general it’s solitary work at home.
It’s not the type of college for a hs grad, but rather for busy mid-aged adult.
Top Tier: Princeton
Tier 1: RU, Stevens, TCNJ
Tier 2: Drew, Seton Hall, NJIT
Tier 2.5: Rider, Rowan, Ramapo, RU-N, RU-C
Tier 3: FDU-M, FDU-F, Monmouth, Montclair, Stockton
Tier 5: WP, Kean
For Busy Adult Learners/Wildcard: TESC
Others are simply “meh”
Tier 1: RU, Stevens, TCNJ
Tier 2: Drew, Seton Hall
Tier 2.5: NJIT, Rider, Rowan
Tier 3: FD Florham, FD Metro, Monmouth, Montclair, Ramapo, RU-C, RU-N, Stockton