Cheap Colleges in New Jersey for Out-of-State Students
Out-of-state students pay between $4,416 and $37,664 a year in tuition and fees at the 28 public colleges and universities we rank in New Jersey, a gap of $33,248 between the cheapest and the most expensive. This list ranks the non-resident price, not the in-state price.
The median public college charges nonresidents $9,832, $2,954 (23%) below the national median of $12,786 for public colleges. Residents pay a median of $6,240, so the typical out-of-state premium is only $3,592 here, a ratio of 1.6 to 1.
Camden County College ranks first at $4,416, ahead of Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus ($6,000) and Warren County Community College ($6,360).
How this list is built
A college appears here only if it meets every condition below.
- Colleges considered
- All public colleges and universities, 4-year and 2-year (community colleges and state colleges included)
- Ranked by out-of-state tuition & fees, lowest first. Ties are broken by larger undergraduate enrollment, then by name.
- Main campuses only, with at least 60% of core data fields reported
- Main campus located in New Jersey
- At least 500 undergraduate students enrolled (fall 2024)
- A reported out-of-state tuition & fees value (schools without one are not ranked)
- Schools that report no tuition or a $0 price are not ranked
- This page is published only when at least 15 schools qualify; New Jersey has 28
- Data period
- Out-of-state tuition and fees: academic year 2024-25. Shown for public colleges only, because private colleges charge everyone the same price.
- In-state tuition and fees: full-time undergraduate sticker price, academic year 2024-25. Some community colleges report the in-district rate.
- Net price: average for students receiving aid, academic year 2023-24.
- Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who started in fall 2018 (4-year) or fall 2021 (2-year), finishing within 150% of normal time.
- Enrollment: undergraduate students, fall 2024.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
Showing all 28 qualifying schools. Select a column heading to re-sort the table.
| 1 | Camden County College Blackwood, NJ Public · 2-year | $4,416 | $4,320 | $5,996 | 32% | 6,636 |
| 2 | Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell, NJ Public · 2-year | $6,000 | $5,160 | $12,378 | 36% | 4,234 |
| 3 | Warren County Community College Washington, NJ Public · 2-year | $6,360 | $5,460 | $5,726 | 43% | 836 |
| 4 | Ocean County College Toms River, NJ Public · 2-year | $6,970 | $4,906 | $11,411 | 40% | 5,424 |
| 5 | Middlesex College Edison, NJ Public · 2-year | $7,356 | $4,764 | $2,288 | 34% | 8,469 |
| 6 | Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg, NJ Public · 2-year | $7,584 | $5,664 | $6,778 | 33% | 5,416 |
| 7 | Sussex County Community College Newton, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,024 | $5,544 | $7,859 | 40% | 2,086 |
| 8 | Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,068 | $6,068 | $8,392 | 27% | 3,755 |
| 9 | Mercer County Community College West Windsor, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,174 | $5,310 | $5,279 | 23% | 5,404 |
| 10 | Hudson County Community College Jersey City, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,248 | $5,384 | $7,307 | 24% | 6,626 |
| 11 | Bergen Community College Paramus, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,294 | $4,913 | $10,345 | 22% | 10,557 |
| 12 | UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey Cranford, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,500 | $5,280 | $8,257 | 35% | 7,939 |
| 13 | Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,510 | $6,990 | $5,344 | 37% | 6,267 |
| 14 | Essex County College Newark, NJ Public · 2-year | $9,523 | $5,415 | $4,436 | 20% | 5,855 |
| 15 | Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ Public · 2-year | $10,140 | $6,270 | $11,231 | 29% | 7,901 |
| 16 | Salem Community College Carneys Point, NJ Public · 2-year | $10,260 | $6,360 | $10,816 | 39% | 910 |
| 17 | Passaic County Community College Paterson, NJ Public · 2-year | $10,560 | $6,300 | $7,761 | 17% | 4,260 |
| 18 | County College of Morris Randolph, NJ Public · 2-year | $14,310 | $6,210 | $8,895 | 35% | 5,360 |
| 19 | New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ Public · 4-year | $14,460 | $14,460 | $16,053 | 36% | 3,681 |
| 20 | Kean University Union, NJ Public · 4-year | $22,446 | $14,299 | $12,447 | 45% | 11,433 |
| 21 | Stockton University Galloway, NJ Public · 4-year | $24,524 | $16,266 | $20,670 | 70% | 7,537 |
| 22 | William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ Public · 4-year | $25,344 | $15,704 | $18,745 | 46% | 6,614 |
| 23 | The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ Public · 4-year | $25,752 | $19,632 | $27,646 | 86% | 7,105 |
| 24 | Montclair State University Montclair, NJ Public · 4-year | $26,022 | $15,912 | $15,566 | 64% | 18,376 |
| 25 | Rowan University Glassboro, NJ Public · 4-year | $26,932 | $16,574 | $22,408 | 68% | 15,841 |
| 26 | Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ Public · 4-year | $27,708 | $16,777 | $18,173 | 71% | 4,898 |
| 27 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public · 4-year | $37,441 | $17,929 | $24,406 | 84% | 37,751 |
| 28 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ Public · 4-year | $37,664 | $19,974 | $16,504 | 73% | 9,019 |
How to compare these colleges
The ranked column is the out-of-state price. The in-state price is shown for comparison, and net price is the average for students who receive aid, measured mostly for in-state students at public colleges, so it is not a good guide to what a nonresident will pay. Many states cut the non-resident rate through regional exchange programs, reciprocity agreements or merit awards, and residency can change after a year of living in the state, so check each college's non-resident aid page before ruling a school out.
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