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For academic year 2020-2021, 169 colleges and universities are active in New Jersey - 37 public and 132 private schools. By school level, there are 62 four years or higher, 40 two but less than four years, and 67 less than two years.
The average annual undergraduate tuition in New Jersey in the 2020-2021 academic year was $13,646 at public four year colleges, $39,477 at private colleges, $17,739 at for-profit colleges and $7,639 at two-year county colleges, according to state data. In 2017, 48% of working-age New Jersey adults held a college degree, and another 3% held a high-value non-degree credential, which places New Jersey seventh among all states for postsecondary attainment. The average acceptance rate for New Jersey colleges is 72.75% and the average graduation rate is 57.58% in academic year 2020-2021.