Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · New Jersey
Online colleges in New Jersey
Across the 58 New Jersey colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 56,229 students (15%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 47% took at least one distance course. 13 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
58
In New Jersey
Students studying entirely online
56,229
15% of the 364,804 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
47%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
13
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in New Jersey is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
New Jersey colleges where students actually study online
Every New Jersey college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
7,500 of 7,587 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 87 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,638 in-state / $8,598 out-of-state.
4,312 of 9,426 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,901 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $15,150 in-state / $24,464 out-of-state.
2,858 of 6,547 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,151 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,968 in-state / $6,936 out-of-state.
2,221 of 7,229 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,153 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,020 in-state / $12,280 out-of-state.
2,063 of 7,591 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,256 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,960 in-state / $4,056 out-of-state.
1,682 of 5,833 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,563 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $13,971 in-state / $24,888 out-of-state.
1,533 of 5,390 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,088 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,980 in-state / $5,820 out-of-state.
1,432 of 4,273 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,458 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,863 in-state / $7,263 out-of-state.
1,043 of 2,007 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 610 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $28,600 in-state.
748 of 2,557 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,037 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,980 in-state / $5,820 out-of-state.
602 of 602 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $13,920 in-state.
131 of 131 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $17,106 in-state.
58 of 74 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 11 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $17,488 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of New Jersey can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at New Jersey colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/new-jersey
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