Went to college
Class of 2022 · within 16 months 54–56% #28 of 37 in Essex County · New Jersey 75–77%
NJ 76% Newark 15%100%
At four-year colleges61%40% at two-year colleges
Left New Jersey21%79% stayed in state
At private colleges26%74% at public colleges
Class of 2023, by fall30–31%62% of them at four-year
Source: NJ Department of Education, 2022–23 School Performance Report ↗ · National Student Clearinghouse records. The state publishes the rate as a range because a few students can't be matched.
Which colleges
D · Acceptances, names onlyMalcolm X Shabazz High School publishes where graduates were accepted, college names only.
Colleges that accepted graduates, names only · Class of 2025
46Colleges on the list
10Admit under 20%
1In New Jersey
21States
Each line goes from Newark to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Benedict CollegeColumbia, SC · Private · admits 68%
- Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, FL · Private · admits 85%
- Brown UniversityProvidence, RI · Private · admits 5%
- Central State UniversityWilberforce, OH · Public · admits 89%
- Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, PA · Public
- Clark UniversityWorcester, MA · Private · admits 50%
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · Private · admits 4%
- Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, MD · Public · admits 45%
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private · admits 8%
- Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH · Private · admits 6%
- Delaware State UniversityDover, DE · Public · admits 55%
- Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, LA · Private · admits 80%
- Fisk UniversityNashville, TN · Private · admits 71%
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, FL · Public · admits 33%
- Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens, FL · Private · admits 70%
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- Hampton UniversityHampton, VA · admits 75%
- Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA · admits 3%
- Howard UniversityWashington, DC · admits 53%
- Jackson UniversityNot matched
- Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis, TN · admits 100%
- Lincoln UniversityOakland, CA
- Livingston CollegeNot matched
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA · admits 4%
- Miles CollegeFairfield, AL
- Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, GA · admits 60%
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 85%
- Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, VA · admits 90%
- North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC · admits 56%
- North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC · admits 84%
- Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ · admits 6%
- Shaw UniversityRaleigh, NC · admits 61%
- South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, SC · admits 84%
- Southern University and A & M CollegeBaton Rouge, LA · admits 54%
- Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · admits 94%
- Spelman CollegeAtlanta, GA · admits 28%
- Stanford UniversityStanford, CA · admits 4%
- Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee, AL · admits 30%
- University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, MD · admits 82%
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · admits 7%
- Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA · admits 90%
- Virginia Union UniversityRichmond, VA · admits 81%
- West Virginia State UniversityInstitute, WV · admits 96%
- West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV · admits 88%
- Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, NC · admits 73%
- Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA · admits 95%
- Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT · admits 5%
From Newark Seniors Accepted to Ivy Leagues and HBCUs (Newark Board of Education, district-wide) ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.