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The College of New Jersey 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has updated it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and The College of New Jersey has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or scroll down for details on how TCNJ did in this year’s analysis.

This page was created to give you an overview of how TCNJ fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

2025 Ranking Overview

Nationwide Ranking

TCNJ is #200 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This scores it among the top 10% of colleges and universities in the country for students!

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New Jersey Ranking

TCNJ placed #6 out of 45 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This puts TCNJ in the top 10% of colleges and universities in the United States for students in the state of New Jersey! See the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking

This report includes highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, TCNJ has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3	654	99.5%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2	630	99.7%
Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2	200	99.0%
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3	374	99.2%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77	1,187	93.5%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62	1,150	94.6%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76	556	86.3%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52	437	88.1%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171	1,055	83.8%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92	694	86.7%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136	959	85.8%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	1	18	94.4%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	1	8	87.5%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119	571	79.2%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	106	98.1%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99	471	79.0%
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61	356	82.9%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	97	540	82.0%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116	506	77.1%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94	481	80.5%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	107	535	80.0%
Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	1	33	97.0%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	1	9	88.9%
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	1	5	80.0%
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	1	3	66.7%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	226	933	75.8%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	191	925	79.4%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	90	97.8%
Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	53	96.2%
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58	257	77.4%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	19	225	91.6%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	24	87.5%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	12	83.3%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	25	92.0%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	14	85.7%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	15	194	92.3%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	13	84.6%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	12	83.3%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	185	597	69.0%
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	10	80.0%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	19	84.2%
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67	228	70.6%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113	373	69.7%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	22	124	82.3%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	4	23	82.6%
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	7	71.4%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	13	81	84.0%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	15	93	83.9%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	24	114	79.0%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	21	95	77.9%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	6	23	73.9%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	25	134	81.3%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	24	102	76.5%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	4	16	75.0%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	4	13	69.2%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	47	199	76.4%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	19	94	79.8%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	36	172	79.1%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	5	16	68.8%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	5	18	72.2%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	47	175	73.1%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	6	22	72.7%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	22	91	75.8%
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	15	60	75.0%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	7	21	66.7%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	38	126	69.8%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	37	136	72.8%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	5	15	66.7%
Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	16	48	66.7%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	26	78	66.7%

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