| College | City | Size | Acceptance | Net price | Salary (10yr) |
| Montclair State University | Montclair | 18,376 | 88% | $15,193 | $63,846 |
| Rowan University | Glassboro | 15,841 | 78% | $23,938 | $65,776 |
| Kean University | Union | 11,433 | 76% | $14,465 | $62,318 |
| Bergen Community College | Paramus | 10,557 | — | $10,042 | $52,092 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark | 9,019 | 65% | $18,783 | $90,769 |
| Middlesex College | Edison | 8,469 | — | $4,122 | $51,345 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey | Cranford | 7,939 | — | $6,626 | $46,869 |
| Brookdale Community College | Lincroft | 7,901 | — | $11,178 | $52,151 |
| Rutgers University-Newark | Newark | 7,709 | 71% | $16,013 | $80,490 |
| Stockton University | Galloway | 7,537 | 89% | $24,030 | $63,648 |
| The College of New Jersey | Ewing | 7,105 | 62% | $26,752 | $79,651 |
| Thomas Edison State University | Trenton | 6,707 | — | — | $75,164 |
| Camden County College | Blackwood | 6,636 | — | $2,974 | $43,903 |
| Hudson County Community College | Jersey City | 6,626 | — | $6,999 | $41,407 |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey | Wayne | 6,614 | 90% | $18,533 | $61,869 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County | Mount Laurel | 6,267 | — | $7,766 | $48,107 |
| Seton Hall University | South Orange | 6,036 | 73% | $31,552 | $80,035 |
| Essex County College | Newark | 5,855 | — | $6,242 | $43,365 |
| Princeton University | Princeton | 5,709 | 5% | $7,815 | $133,523 |
| Ocean County College | Toms River | 5,424 | — | $17,153 | $49,461 |
| Raritan Valley Community College | Branchburg | 5,416 | — | $4,662 | $54,444 |
| Mercer County Community College | West Windsor | 5,404 | — | $7,132 | $46,960 |
| County College of Morris | Randolph | 5,360 | — | $10,845 | $56,266 |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | Mahwah | 4,898 | 71% | $16,382 | $71,282 |
| Jersey College | Teterboro | 4,478 | 68% | $56,587 | $73,055 |
| Passaic County Community College | Paterson | 4,260 | — | $2,835 | $42,497 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus | Sewell | 4,234 | — | $14,240 | $47,364 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken | 4,222 | 48% | $37,396 | $118,358 |
| Beth Medrash Govoha | Lakewood | 4,027 | — | — | $55,459 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College | Mays Landing | 3,755 | — | $11,791 | $41,861 |
| Rutgers University-Camden | Camden | 3,753 | 66% | $15,732 | $80,490 |
| Monmouth University | West Long Branch | 3,684 | 89% | $30,978 | $72,737 |
| New Jersey City University | Jersey City | 3,681 | 98% | $10,591 | $59,538 |
| Rider University | Lawrenceville | 3,106 | 79% | $24,780 | $66,376 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | Teaneck | 2,627 | 91% | $17,923 | $62,652 |
| Saint Peter's University | Jersey City | 2,135 | 90% | $8,127 | $63,525 |
| Sussex County Community College | Newton | 2,086 | — | $10,517 | $49,731 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus | Vineland | 2,074 | — | $13,091 | $47,364 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | Madison | 1,990 | 95% | $24,803 | $62,652 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Union | Union | 1,785 | — | $32,519 | $56,095 |
| Berkeley College-Woodland Park | Woodland Park | 1,778 | — | $16,902 | $46,839 |
| Felician University | Lodi | 1,774 | — | $10,378 | $64,432 |
| Caldwell University | Caldwell | 1,575 | 71% | $15,180 | $57,671 |
| Drew University | Madison | 1,533 | 68% | $25,614 | $66,065 |
| Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield | Bloomfield | 1,428 | — | $27,676 | $58,939 |
| Chamberlain University-New Jersey | North Brunswick | 1,226 | 100% | $42,922 | $96,897 |
| Eastwick College-Ramsey | Ramsey | 1,203 | — | $25,809 | $66,469 |
| Georgian Court University | Lakewood | 1,195 | 79% | $18,380 | $56,384 |
| Eastwick College-Hackensack | Hackensack | 1,171 | — | $31,433 | $48,447 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah | Mahwah | 1,080 | — | $38,763 | $56,095 |
| Garden State Science and Technology Institute | Jersey City | 917 | — | $26,230 | — |
| Centenary University | Hackettstown | 910 | 83% | $21,655 | $60,078 |
| Salem Community College | Carneys Point | 910 | — | $9,093 | $47,361 |
| Pennco Tech-Blackwood | Blackwood | 875 | — | $28,322 | $47,507 |
| Warren County Community College | Washington | 836 | — | $2,746 | $47,869 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown | Moorestown | 782 | — | $38,516 | $40,974 |
| Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | Bloomfield | 781 | 70% | $13,249 | $63,846 |
| American Institute-Clifton | CLIFTON | 778 | — | $17,190 | $36,251 |
| Strayer University-New Jersey | Piscataway | 702 | — | — | $44,016 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro | Hasbrouck Heights | 695 | — | $24,303 | $77,996 |
| Mosdos Yaakov V'Yisroel | Lakewood | 679 | 89% | $7,666 | — |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin | Iselin | 638 | — | $37,341 | $40,974 |
| Eastwick College-Nutley | Nutley | 618 | — | $21,089 | $45,284 |
| Saint Elizabeth University | Morristown | 557 | 71% | $19,010 | $55,167 |
| Fortis Institute-Wayne | Wayne | 502 | — | $21,062 | $42,518 |
| Pillar College | Newark | 498 | — | $2,785 | $46,968 |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical School | Toms River | 497 | — | $10,175 | $46,059 |
| Eastern International College-Jersey City | Jersey City | 495 | 70% | $17,756 | $46,594 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus | Paramus | 495 | — | $36,220 | $40,974 |
| American Institute-Toms River | Toms River | 484 | — | $15,735 | $36,251 |
| American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education | Piscataway | 450 | — | $30,766 | $57,695 |
| Parisian Beauty School | Hackensack | 441 | — | $16,826 | $33,271 |
| American Institute-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill | 390 | — | $20,447 | $36,251 |
| Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville | Lawrenceville | 373 | — | $21,249 | $42,518 |
| American Institute-Somerset | Somerset | 364 | — | $22,066 | $36,251 |
| Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & Cosmetology | Wayne | 353 | — | $26,264 | $31,278 |
| Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and Wellness | Voorhees | 346 | — | $16,939 | $38,657 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield | South Plainfield | 335 | — | $36,329 | $56,095 |
| Innovate Salon Academy | South Plainfield | 288 | — | $28,754 | — |
| Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-West New York | West New York | 271 | — | $26,681 | $25,681 |
| Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill | 269 | — | $32,598 | $42,557 |
| National Career Institute | East Orange | 249 | — | $22,482 | $29,791 |
| Salon Professional Academy | Howell | 237 | — | $15,195 | — |
| Prism Career Institute-West Atlantic City | West Atlantic City | 235 | — | $32,422 | $42,557 |
| Yeshiva Toras Chaim | Lakewood | 227 | 44% | $1,391 | $35,583 |
| Innovate Salon Academy | Brick Township | 219 | — | $21,605 | — |
| Total Image Beauty Academy | Union City | 204 | — | $15,237 | $23,801 |
| Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield | North Plainfield | 190 | — | $17,090 | $31,435 |
| JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools | Plainfield | 188 | 59% | $36,101 | $84,633 |
| Shore Beauty School | Egg Harbor Township | 188 | — | $22,252 | $31,036 |
| Seminary Bnos Chaim | Lakewood | 182 | 44% | $19,281 | — |
| Rabbinical College of America | Morristown | 181 | 95% | $9,662 | $34,281 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah | Lakewood | 181 | 86% | $5,494 | — |
| Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing | Englewood Cliffs | 178 | 20% | $28,385 | $81,092 |
| Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel | Lakewood | 177 | 51% | $8,055 | — |
| Innovate Salon Academy | Ewing | 174 | — | $33,010 | — |
| Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield | Bloomfield | 164 | — | $16,169 | $29,173 |
| Advantage Career Institute | Eatontown | 161 | — | $16,134 | — |
| Universal Training Institute | Perth Amboy | 158 | — | $43,835 | $77,302 |
| MCI Institute of NJ | Ocean | 150 | — | — | $45,409 |