Graduation rate (within 6 years of enrolling): 86%
Median salary (10 years after enrolling): $56,000
Established 1855 by State legislature as The Normal School, NJ's first, and nation's ninth, teacher training school; first baccalaureate program established in 1925, relocated from Trenton 1928 to tract in Ewing Township purchased as new campus, renamed 1929 as New Jersey State Teachers College and State Normal School and in 1958 as Trenton State College> Changed name from Trenton State College to College of New Jersey 1996, provoking brief legal action by Princeton University challenging right to name used from its founding in 1746 until 1896 renaming as Princeton> Ranked as 5th among all US public colleges and universities for having highest four-year graduation rate. Rated as one of 75 “Most Competitive” schools in US by Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges 2017, rated #1 of Top Public Schools" in northern US region and #2 in "Best Undergraduate Teaching" by US News & World Report, #29 in "Best Value" in US (and #1 in NJ) of public colleges in Kiplinger’s Best College Values 2017; #3 of Best NJ Colleges behind Princeton and Rutgers by collegiatefactual.com> Ewing campus now comprises 289 acres located 5 miles north of Trenton, 10 miles from Princeton, includes 14 residence halls with 95% of freshmen housed on campus, two years of housing guaranteed for all new, full-time first-year students> Seven schools—Arts & Communication; Business; Humanities & Social Sciences; Education; Engineering; Nursing, Health, & Exercise Science; and Science—offering over 50 liberal arts and professional programs> Most popular undergraduate majors elementary education, biology, English, law and business>Over 90% of students from NJ> President R. Barbara Gitenstein appointed 1999 as first woman president, former provost of Drake University> Prominent alumni include former Governor James Florio and Congressman Christopher Smith * US Department of Education, College Scorecard * National Center for Education Statistics, Statistical Profile