New Jersey College Student and
Parent Consumer Information Act
Comparative Profile

The New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act requires each New Jersey four-year public college and university to display on its website comprehensive information on the cost of attendance, the graduation rates of admitted students, and the faculty of the institution. It also requires NJ Higher Education to establish the guidelines, criteria, and format in reporting the information prepared pursuant to the Act.

The statute specifies certain required data for inclusion and calls for NJ Higher Education to create a comparative profile of the student consumer information reports for this website. 

Comparative Profile - 2012 [pdf]  Comparative Profile - 2011 [html] [pdf] Comparative Profile - 2010 [pdf]

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Other Annually Reported Public Institution Data

2012 Institutional Profiles
State statute requires that each of New Jersey's 31 public institutions of higher education prepare and make available to the public an annual report on the condition of the institution.  The form and content of this annual report is established by New Jersey Higher Education.

Frequently Requested Statistical Tables
Tables generated from reports submitted in conjunction with the requirements of the New Jersey Student Unit Record Enrollment system (SURE) and the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

College Portraits - The Voluntary System of Accountability
Several of New Jersey's senior public institutions participate in the VSA project.  Designed to improve public understanding of how public colleges and universities operate, the VSA project is a collaborative effort among the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), and the public higher education community.