TCNJ News
For Immedaite Release
October 31, 2008
TCNJ again tops list of NJ publics in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance 2009 “Best Value” ranking
EWING, NJ …The College of New Jersey is ranked at #24 of 100 public colleges in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. The ranking, which appears in the December issue of the magazine, is part of Kiplinger’s annual report on the “100 Best Values in Public Colleges.” The print magazine hits newsstands on November 11.
“With the economic turmoil of 2008, families of all income levels are feeling the financial pinch,” said Fred Frailey, editor of Kiplinger’s. “But schools like these prove that an excellent education is still available at an affordable price.”
Of the three total New Jersey public institutions that made the list for 2009, TCNJ ranks the highest. Other New Jersey schools on the list are: Rutgers University (#49), Ramapo College of New Jersey (#66).
The #24 spot ranking is for in-state tuition, but TCNJ also ranks high on the list, #6, as a bargain for out-of-state students.
Per semester, undergraduate in-state tuition and fees at the College for the 2008-2009 academic year is $6,284. Undergraduate out-of-state tuition and fees is $10,337.50.
Selected from a pool of more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities, schools in the Kiplinger 100 were ranked according to academic quality, including admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios and four- and six-year graduation rates, as well as on cost and financial aid. The complete article, including rankings, methodology, and other specifics are available now at: www.kiplinger.com/money/collegevalues.
This ranking comes on the heels of the U.S. News and World Report’s survey, which has ranked the College as the top public institution in the north in the ‘Top Universities—Master’s’ category of the survey consistently each year since 1993. The College was also recognized as one of the nation’s 75 most competitive colleges (and one of only five public colleges on the list) in a 2007 Barron’s ranking.
To view the complete article, please visit www.kiplinger.com/money/collegevalues.
About The College of New Jersey
TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report, and is one of Kiplinger's Personal Finance's top educational values in the country. In 2006, the College joined an elite group of institutions when it was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Fewer than 10 percent of the nation's colleges and universities share this honor.
