Went to college
Class of 2022 · within 16 months 84–86% #10 of 30 in Middlesex County · New Jersey 75–77%
NJ 76% South Plainfield 45%100%
At four-year colleges63%37% at two-year colleges
Left New Jersey24%76% stayed in state
At private colleges18%83% at public colleges
Class of 2023, by fall71–73%63% 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
C · Enrollments, names onlySouth Plainfield High School publishes where graduates enrolled, college names only.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Classes of 2021–2024 combined
46Colleges on the list
3Admit under 20%
18In New Jersey
12States
Each line goes from South Plainfield to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Berkeley College-New YorkNew York, NY · For-profit
- Brown UniversityProvidence, RI · Private · admits 5%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · Private · admits 66%
- Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC · Public · admits 79%
- College of CharlestonCharleston, SC · Public · admits 76%
- Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA · Private · admits 95%
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · Private · admits 73%
- Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Felician UniversityLodi, NJ · Private · admits 89%
- Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, FL · Public · admits 81%
- Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC · Private · admits 12%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · Public · admits 83%
- Kent State UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA · Public · admits 96%
- Lincoln Technology UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
Show all 46 colleges
- Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA · admits 75%
- Middlesex CollegeEdison, NJ
- Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, NJ · admits 91%
- Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ · admits 91%
- Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA · admits 67%
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 85%
- New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, NJ · admits 90%
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ · admits 66%
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · admits 7%
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA · admits 55%
- Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT · admits 84%
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, NJ · admits 71%
- Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · admits 84%
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY · admits 67%
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · admits 77%
- Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ · admits 66%
- Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT · admits 66%
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · admits 75%
- Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ · admits 46%
- Stockton UniversityGalloway, NJ · admits 86%
- Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY · admits 49%
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- The College of New JerseyEwing, NJ · admits 64%
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · admits 55%
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · admits 74%
- University of New HavenWest Haven, CT · admits 91%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA · admits 49%
- Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA · admits 90%
- Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY · admits 69%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
From South Plainfield High School 2024-2025 School Profile ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.