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TCNJ Quick Facts

Character

A highly selective public residential college focusing on the undergraduate experience. Seven schools—Arts and Communication; Business; Humanities and Social Sciences; Education; Engineering; Nursing and Health Sciences; and Science—offer more than 50 liberal arts and professional programs.

Facts

Undergraduate Enrollment Approximately 7,000 full-time students
Average Class Size 21 students
Student-to-Faculty Ratio 13:1
On-Campus First-Year Students 86 percent
First-to-Second-Year Retention Rate 90 percent (average)
Four-Year Graduation Rate 76 percent*
Six-Year Graduation Rate 86 percent
Athletics Consistently ranked among best NCAA Division III programs in the nation
Employers Recruiting TCNJ Students 450+


*TCNJ maintains the eighth highest four-year graduation rate among all public colleges, according to the
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

Student Demographics

The College of New Jersey reports aggregate statistics about its students, faculty, and staff. These federally required statistics include breakdowns of each group by demographic categories, including race/ethnicity.

» Self-reported ethnic/racial data from the entering Class of 2023

» Methodology:  How TCNJ cultivates and uses race and ethnicity data

Campus

TCNJ’s Georgian Colonial campus occupies 289 landscaped acres in suburban Ewing, New Jersey. The college is approximately five miles from the state capital of Trenton, 10 miles from Princeton, and one hour from both Philadelphia and New York.

Housing

Ninety-five percent of freshmen live on campus, and two years of housing are guaranteed for all new, full-time, first-year students. Fourteen residence halls provide a variety of living accommodations for all students, including upperclassmen.


» TCNJ Annual Report
» Institutional Research and Analytics