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	New Jersey	Nation

Demographics

Population
	New Jersey	Nation
Total (State rank: 11)	8,821,155	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	New Jersey	Nation
Up to 4	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.9%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.7%	7.0%
20 to 24	6.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	26.5%	26.4%
45 to 64	27.9%	26.5%
65 and older	13.6%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	New Jersey	Nation
American Indian	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	8.5%	4.8%
Black	13.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	69.2%	74.1%
More than one race	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	18.1%	16.7%
Other	6.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	New Jersey	Nation
8th grade or less	5.6%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.3%	8.1%
High-school diploma	29.4%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	17.3%	21.2%
Associate degree	6.1%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	22.0%	17.9%
Master’s degree	9.5%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.5%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.3%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	New Jersey	Nation
	30.4%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	New Jersey	Nation
(State rank: 4)	$53,628	$42,693

Poverty rate
	New Jersey	Nation
	10.4%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	New Jersey	Nation
Total for 2013-14	105,228	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	-4.3%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	New Jersey	Nation
	7,808	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	New Jersey	Nation
	3.2%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$149,428	$118,822
Associate professor	$103,983	$81,373
Assistant professor	$87,021	$70,325
All	$112,014	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$122,511	$89,076
Associate professor	$92,954	$71,297
Assistant professor	$74,451	$60,506
All	$95,554	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$174,621	$152,042
Associate professor	$97,483	$95,762
Assistant professor	$85,036	$82,983
All	$124,605	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$95,518	$91,161
Associate professor	$81,047	$71,963
Assistant professor	$63,981	$58,901
All	$76,329	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	New Jersey	Nation
Public	$66,718	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$78,668	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	New Jersey	Nation
Public	$73,679	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	New Jersey	Nation
Undergraduate	380,081	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	63,669	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	182,706	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	176,752	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	74,861	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	7,161	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	2,270	396,832
Total	443,750	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	New Jersey	Nation
Public	81%	72%
4-year	60%	64%
2-year	40%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	New Jersey	Nation
Associate	21,124	942,217
Bachelor’s	37,087	1,712,538
Master’s	14,427	730,635
Doctorate	3,101	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 93% of all freshmen enrolled in New Jersey in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 59% of all New Jersey residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	New Jersey	Nation
All	65.0%	59.0%
Men	60.9%	56.4%
Women	68.8%	61.2%
American Indian	68.5%	40.6%
Asian	73.5%	69.7%
Black	49.1%	40.2%
Hispanic	54.4%	51.4%
White	69.0%	62.3%
2 or more races	83.9%	64.0%
Race unknown	61.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	New Jersey	Nation
American Indian	1,236	174,629
Asian	33,318	1,133,719
Black	59,332	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,603	61,179
Hispanic	70,382	2,695,637
White	218,759	11,519,372
2 or more races	5,292	405,812
Race unknown	36,509	1,409,094
Foreign	17,319	738,624
Total	443,750	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	New Jersey	Nation
Women	54.8%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	7.5%	5.4%
Black	13.4%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Hispanic	15.9%	12.8%
White	49.3%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Race unknown	8.2%	6.7%
Foreign	3.9%	3.5%
Minority	38.6%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	29.5%	27.2%
Full-time	63.1%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 23.4 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 20% of New Jersey’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 1012 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 78% of New Jersey’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	New Jersey	Nation
Public 4-year	$11,395	$7,087
Public 2-year	$3,548	$2,419
Private 4-year	$29,620	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	New Jersey	Nation
State funds	$1,888,439,000	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	-5.5%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	New Jersey	Nation
Need-based grants	$337,609,056	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$13,796,928	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$259,472,559	$1,737,198,826
Total	$610,878,543	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	New Jersey	Nation
Total	$1,141,570,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	6.1%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	New Jersey	Nation
Federal government	56.9%	62.6%
State and local governments	7.6%	5.9%
Industry	4.7%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.5%	5.9%
Institution itself	23.6%	19.1%
Other	1.8%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	New Jersey	Nation
Engineering	19.7%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	5.2%	4.9%
Life sciences	42.9%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.3%	3.6%
Physical sciences	11.2%	7.3%
Psychology	2.4%	1.7%
Social sciences	7.1%	3.1%
Other sciences	1.8%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	4.4%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	New Jersey
Princeton University	$16,954,128,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	New Jersey
Princeton University	$246,034,776
Rutgers University, multiple campuses	$81,456,439
Seton Hall University	$13,209,246

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	New Jersey	Nation
Public 4-year	14	679
Public 2-year	19	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	26	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	0	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	5	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	4	669
Total	68	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	New Jersey
Rutgers University at New Brunswick	34,925
Montclair State University	13,672
Kean University	11,382

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

Kean University

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New Jersey

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	New Jersey	Nation

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Population
	New Jersey	Nation
Total (State rank: 11)	8,821,155	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	New Jersey	Nation
Up to 4	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.9%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.7%	7.0%
20 to 24	6.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	26.5%	26.4%
45 to 64	27.9%	26.5%
65 and older	13.6%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	New Jersey	Nation
American Indian	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	8.5%	4.8%
Black	13.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	69.2%	74.1%
More than one race	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	18.1%	16.7%
Other	6.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	New Jersey	Nation
8th grade or less	5.6%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.3%	8.1%
High-school diploma	29.4%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	17.3%	21.2%
Associate degree	6.1%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	22.0%	17.9%
Master’s degree	9.5%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.5%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.3%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	New Jersey	Nation
	30.4%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	New Jersey	Nation
(State rank: 4)	$53,628	$42,693

Poverty rate
	New Jersey	Nation
	10.4%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	New Jersey	Nation
Total for 2013-14	105,228	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	-4.3%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	New Jersey	Nation
	7,808	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	New Jersey	Nation
	3.2%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$149,428	$118,822
Associate professor	$103,983	$81,373
Assistant professor	$87,021	$70,325
All	$112,014	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$122,511	$89,076
Associate professor	$92,954	$71,297
Assistant professor	$74,451	$60,506
All	$95,554	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$174,621	$152,042
Associate professor	$97,483	$95,762
Assistant professor	$85,036	$82,983
All	$124,605	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	New Jersey	Nation
Professor	$95,518	$91,161
Associate professor	$81,047	$71,963
Assistant professor	$63,981	$58,901
All	$76,329	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	New Jersey	Nation
Public	$66,718	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$78,668	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	New Jersey	Nation
Public	$73,679	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	New Jersey	Nation
Undergraduate	380,081	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	63,669	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	182,706	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	176,752	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	74,861	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	7,161	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	2,270	396,832
Total	443,750	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	New Jersey	Nation
Public	81%	72%
4-year	60%	64%
2-year	40%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	New Jersey	Nation
Associate	21,124	942,217
Bachelor’s	37,087	1,712,538
Master’s	14,427	730,635
Doctorate	3,101	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	New Jersey	Nation
All	65.0%	59.0%
Men	60.9%	56.4%
Women	68.8%	61.2%
American Indian	68.5%	40.6%
Asian	73.5%	69.7%
Black	49.1%	40.2%
Hispanic	54.4%	51.4%
White	69.0%	62.3%
2 or more races	83.9%	64.0%
Race unknown	61.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	New Jersey	Nation
American Indian	1,236	174,629
Asian	33,318	1,133,719
Black	59,332	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,603	61,179
Hispanic	70,382	2,695,637
White	218,759	11,519,372
2 or more races	5,292	405,812
Race unknown	36,509	1,409,094
Foreign	17,319	738,624
Total	443,750	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	New Jersey	Nation
Women	54.8%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	7.5%	5.4%
Black	13.4%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Hispanic	15.9%	12.8%
White	49.3%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Race unknown	8.2%	6.7%
Foreign	3.9%	3.5%
Minority	38.6%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	29.5%	27.2%
Full-time	63.1%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	New Jersey	Nation
Public 4-year	$11,395	$7,087
Public 2-year	$3,548	$2,419
Private 4-year	$29,620	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	New Jersey	Nation
State funds	$1,888,439,000	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	-5.5%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	New Jersey	Nation
Need-based grants	$337,609,056	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$13,796,928	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$259,472,559	$1,737,198,826
Total	$610,878,543	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	New Jersey	Nation
Total	$1,141,570,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	6.1%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	New Jersey	Nation
Federal government	56.9%	62.6%
State and local governments	7.6%	5.9%
Industry	4.7%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.5%	5.9%
Institution itself	23.6%	19.1%
Other	1.8%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	New Jersey	Nation
Engineering	19.7%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	5.2%	4.9%
Life sciences	42.9%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.3%	3.6%
Physical sciences	11.2%	7.3%
Psychology	2.4%	1.7%
Social sciences	7.1%	3.1%
Other sciences	1.8%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	4.4%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	New Jersey
Princeton University	$16,954,128,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	New Jersey
Princeton University	$246,034,776
Rutgers University, multiple campuses	$81,456,439
Seton Hall University	$13,209,246

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	New Jersey	Nation
Public 4-year	14	679
Public 2-year	19	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	26	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	0	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	5	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	4	669
Total	68	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	New Jersey
Rutgers University at New Brunswick	34,925
Montclair State University	13,672
Kean University	11,382

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

Kean University

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.

New Jersey: Almanac 2013

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