What NJ College Gives You The Best Value For Your Money?

Money magazine has released its annual list of Best Colleges and 23 New Jersey schools have made the cut.

These schools provide the best value for how much tuition costs, according to the magazine.

Money examined the approximately 1,500 four-year schools and cut them in half to the 736 that have above-average graduation rates and then ranked them. Rankings were based on 21 factors, including: graduation rate, the average annual salary alumni who graduated in the past five years earn, and the total cost of a degree, among other factors.

Princeton University is the highest Garden State entry on the list. The school is tied for third. Stevens Institute of Technology is the next highest New Jersey school at 48, and The College of New Jersey ranks next highest at 71. All three of Rutgers University’s campuses made the list.

The complete list of New Jersey schools to make the overall list, NJBiz reports, is:

Tied for 3rd: Princeton University

Tied for 48th: Stevens Institute of Technology

Tied for 71st: The College of New Jersey

Tied 105th: Rutgers University — Newark

Tied 119th: Rutgers University — New Brunswick

Tied 134th: Saint Peter’s University

Tied: 184th: Montclair State University and the College of Saint Elizabeth

Tied 196th: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tied 254th: Rowan University

Tied 268th: Drew University

Tied 307th: Seton Hall University

Tied 367th: Felician College

Tied 399th: Rutgers University — Camden

Tied 412th: Ramapo College of New Jersey

Tied 466th: Rider University

Tied: 483rd: Stockton University

Tied 585th: Caldwell University

Tied: 633rd: Bloomfield College

Tied 642nd: William Paterson University of New Jersey and Mommouth University

Tied: 681st: Centenary College

Stanford University ranked first overall on the list, followed by Babson College in Massachusetts, and the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, which is tied with Princeton University for third.

(Pictured: Alexander Hall at Princeton University/Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)