First Time, First Year Admission

FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION, FALL 2022

APPLICATIONS

The number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2022.

First-time, first year

Applied4,230
Admitted4,230
Enrolled1,718

Policy of placing students on a waiting list: None

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission to UCNJ is open to all high school graduates, those holding high school equivalency certificates, or those persons eighteen years of age or older.

Home-schooled applicants must provide a signed form by the parent who conducted the home-schooled education. In the case of home-schooled applicants, who are affiliated with a local high school, the form will be signed by the Principal.

Candidates for programs leading to an Associate degree are advised to complete 19 units of high school credit distributed as follows:

Area of studyUnits
English4
Lab Science*2
Mathematics**3
History3
Foreign Language***2
Electives****5
Total academic units recommended19

Special notes on the distribution of high school units:

* Engineering and physical science students should include physics and chemistry; health technologies students should include biology and chemistry.

** Candidates for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs are expected to have taken elementary and intermediate algebra, plane geometry, and pre-calculus.

*** The foreign language requirement is optional for students entering programs other than liberal arts.

**** Chosen from foreign languages, social studies, science or mathematics. If a student does not have these high school units, non-credit prerequisite courses offered by the College may be required by the selected program of study.