the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Princeton NJ, With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on Nov. 1 and colleges adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2021’s Best College & University Rankings report, as well as accompanying videos, in addition to separate rankings for colleges and for universities.
To help college-bound seniors choose the best schools within their states, WalletHub compared over 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing and Career Outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.
Top 10 Colleges & Universities in New Jersey
1. Princeton University | 6. Rutgers University-Newark |
2. Stevens Institute of Technology | 7. Rutgers University-Camden |
3. Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 8. Ramapo College of New Jersey |
4. College of New Jersey | 9. Seton Hall University |
5. New Jersey Institute of Technology | 10. Stockton University |
With that in mind, here’s a closer look at some of the top schools and how each performed in certain metrics:
School Snapshot: Princeton University (1 = Best; 11 = Average; 21 = Worst):
1st – Admission Rate
20th – Net Cost
1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
18th – On-Campus Crime
4th – Gender & Racial Diversity
1st – Graduation Rate
2nd – Post-Attendance Median Salary
School Snapshot: Stevens Institute of Technology (1 = Best; 11 = Average; 21 = Worst):
2nd – Admission Rate
21st – Net Cost
4th – Student-Faculty Ratio
15th – On-Campus Crime
21st – Gender & Racial Diversity
3rd – Graduation Rate
1st – Post-Attendance Median Salary
School Snapshot: Rutgers University-New Brunswick (1 = Best; 11 = Average; 21 = Worst):
4th – Admission Rate
14th – Net Cost
15th – Student-Faculty Ratio
1st – On-Campus Crime
2nd – Gender & Racial Diversity
4th – Graduation Rate
5th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
To view the full reports, please visit:
Best Colleges & Universities Overall: https://wallethub.com/edu/college-rankings/40750/
Best Colleges: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-colleges-in-the-us-ranking/40748/
Best Universities: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-universities-in-usa-ranking/39704/
Is anyone surprised by this?
best in NJ only, how about in the USA
The hard part is getting in.
I remember reading an Ivy League professor that said he couldn’t remember the last time he gave out a ‘B’.