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Princeton Comparisons

Princeton, New Jersey

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Compare with New Jersey Public Colleges

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Rutgers University New Brunswick

$46,036 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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Rowan University

$48,460 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


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The College of New Jersey

$45,004 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


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New Jersey Institute of Technology

$44,094 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


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Ramapo College of New Jersey

$43,732 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University Newark

$46,036 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


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William Paterson University of New Jersey

$45,020 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Stockton University

$46,714 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University Camden

$46,036 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


Compare with New Jersey Private Colleges

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Seton Hall University

$11,040 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


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Stevens Institute of Technology

$1,030 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$40,038 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$49,821 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


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University of Virginia Main Campus

$42,220 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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University of Delaware

$45,670 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$52,640 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Binghamton

$52,640 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$43,119 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$39,556 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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College of William and Mary

$41,458 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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University at Buffalo

$52,640 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Hunter College

$52,780 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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University of Connecticut

$43,378 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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United States Naval Academy

$59,710 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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University of Vermont

$43,430 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$50,472 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY City College

$52,780 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$52,780 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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United States Military Academy

$59,710 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Purchase College

$52,640 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Geneseo

$52,640 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Brooklyn College

$52,780 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$59,710 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Harvard University

$5,441 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$728 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$3,130 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Boston University

$4,088 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pennsylvania

$1,090 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Yale University

$4,990 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Villanova University

$4,096 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


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Cornell University

$5,494 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Georgetown University

$5,186 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Carnegie Mellon University

$2,550 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Syracuse University

$1,600 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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Boston College

$6,700 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


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Brown University

$5,946 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$40 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$2,290 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Columbia University in the City of New York

$5,630 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Fordham University

$625 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


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George Washington University

$4,990 higher in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


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Drexel University

$1,417 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


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Dartmouth College

$3,974 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$4,708 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


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Tufts University

$6,648 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Rhode Island School of Design

$1,020 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Emerson College

$5,310 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$6,912 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$1,470 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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University of Rochester

$3,440 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


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Barnard College

$4,368 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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American University

$3,986 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


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Vassar College

$7,160 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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Babson College

$3,678 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


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Amherst College

$6,940 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Lafayette College

$1,772 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$1,560 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


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University of Richmond

$2,890 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


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Swarthmore College

$2,282 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$650 higher in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


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Brandeis University

$4,638 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


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Hofstra University

$5,375 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


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Williams College

$4,830 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Providence College

$120 higher in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


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Marist College

$14,380 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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Rochester Institute of Technology

$3,574 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


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Wesleyan University

$7,006 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Washington and Lee University

$3,605 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Skidmore College

$4,020 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


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Haverford College

$7,812 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Fairfield University

$4,200 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


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Muhlenberg College

$205 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Vanderbilt University

$1,908 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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University of Notre Dame

$2,476 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Rice University

$2,500 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Tulane University

$1,596 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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Wake Forest University

$3,898 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


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Case Western Reserve University

$4,390 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate