Admissions & selectivity
Ramapo College of New Jersey Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Ramapo College of New Jersey?
Ramapo College of New Jersey’s reported acceptance rate is 70.6%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 70.6%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
For the reported entering class, Ramapo College of New Jersey admitted 70.6% of applicants. That is below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size), indicating a smaller admitted share in this applicant pool.
An admission rate describes the share of applicants offered admission for that entering class, rather than the likelihood of admission for any one person. Applicants should place Ramapo College of New Jersey alongside several colleges' published admission rates and academic profiles when building an application list.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Ramapo College of New Jersey students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.52 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, based on the 97.3% who reported a GPA. This is an average, not a cutoff.
For enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored from 1140 to 1270; 24% submitted SAT scores. The corresponding ACT range is 22 to 30.
Applicants can use this school’s own SAT range as context for recent score submitters, rather than as a minimum. The ranges describe enrolled students who submitted scores, not every enrolled student.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
24% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1140
- Median
- 1200
- 75th percentile
- 1270
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
- 25th percentile
- 22
- Median
- 26
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Ramapo College of New Jersey Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Ramapo College of New Jersey?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 28.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 25.8%
- First-year retention
- 83.6%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Transfer routes form a visible part of the undergraduate mix at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Undergraduate enrollment is 4,898, with 28.2% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 25.8% entering as transfers or part-time students.
That mix suggests a campus serving both students using federal grant aid and those continuing coursework begun elsewhere. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,100 degree-seeking transfer applicants; 741 were admitted and 388 enrolled.
Students who start at Ramapo College of New Jersey tend to stay and finish. The first-year retention rate is 83.6%, above the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time, full-time cohort is 69.8%, also above the peer median of 49.1%. Pell Grant recipients in that cohort complete at 60.5%, which is 9.3 percentage points below the overall rate.
Enrolled students can expect completion rates that run ahead of what is typical at institutions of this size and control. The Pell completion gap is present, and a student weighing the fit should consider it alongside the overall graduation picture.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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