TCNJ News
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2008
TCNJ Tops List of New Jersey Publics in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance 2008 “Best Value” Ranking
EWING, NJ …The College of New Jersey is ranked at #23 of 100 public colleges in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. The ranking, which appears in the February issue of the magazine, is part of Kiplinger’s annual report on the “100 Best Values in Public Colleges.”
Of the four total New Jersey public institutions that made the list, TCNJ ranks the highest. Other New Jersey schools on the list are: Rutgers University (#46), Ramapo College of New Jersey (#72), Rowan University (#96).
The #23 spot ranking is for in-state tuition, but TCNJ also ranks high on the list, #5, as a bargain for out-of-state students.
Per semester, undergraduate in-state tuition and fees at the College for the 2007-2008 academic year is $5,783.50. Undergraduate out-of-state tuition and fees is $9,395.
Selected from a pool of over 500 public four-year colleges and universities, the schools on the Kiplinger’s list were ranked according to academic quality, cost, and financial aid. For more information on the ranking methodology, visit www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/methodology
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
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.
