Private Colleges in New Jersey

The 2023 Directory of New Jersey Private Colleges and Costs

New Jersey Private Colleges, Cost and Affordability for 2022

How much does it cost to attend private college in New Jersey?   The average annual in-state four year, not for profit private college tuition in New Jersey was $29,298 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a change of ($381) from the 2019-2020 average of $29,679 and represents a -1.28% annual decline. The list of New Jersey private colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 27 private colleges and universities in New Jersey, the most popular being Princeton University with 8,397 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $56,010. Princeton University is the most expensive private school in New Jersey with an in-state tuition of $56,010.

Click on any school for current tuition, future cost estimates, school specific savings plans and estimated student loan payments. New Jersey colleges can also be filtered by public, private, community colleges and four year schools. Additionally, cost based sorting is available for the lowest and highest tuition options. Jump directly to our ranking of best values in New Jersey or cheap New Jersey colleges guide.

<Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2020-2021 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Explore New Jersey Colleges

School Tuition Rating Value
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed

Lakewood, New Jersey

$7,200 NA NA
Berkeley College Woodland Park

Woodland Park, New Jersey

$25,900 NA NA
Bloomfield College

Bloomfield, New Jersey

$30,680 25 7
Caldwell University

Caldwell, New Jersey

$34,900 54 79
Centenary University

Hackettstown, New Jersey

$33,550 47 54
College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, New Jersey

$32,900 NA NA
DeVry University New Jersey

North Brunswick, New Jersey

$15,835 NA NA
Drew University

Madison, New Jersey

$41,820 NA NA
Eastwick College

Ramsey, New Jersey

$17,066 NA NA
Fairleigh Dickinson University College at Florham

Madison, New Jersey

$32,000 NA NA
Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus

Teaneck, New Jersey

$32,000 NA NA
Felician College

Lodi, New Jersey

$33,200 36 46
Georgian Court University

Lakewood, New Jersey

$32,852 51 61
Mesivta Keser Torah

Belmar, New Jersey

$11,060 NA NA
Monmouth University

West Long Branch, New Jersey

$40,968 60 42
Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

$56,010 99 99
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School

Edison, New Jersey

$11,950 NA NA
Rabbinical College of America

Morristown, New Jersey

$12,000 NA NA
Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey

$35,000 69 88
Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, New Jersey

$37,660 51 77