Went to college
Class of 2022 · within 16 months 92–95% #1 of 20 in Passaic County · New Jersey 75–77%
NJ 76% Wayne 35%100%
At four-year colleges86%14% at two-year colleges
Left New Jersey20%81% stayed in state
At private colleges21%79% at public colleges
Class of 2023, by fall89–92%88% 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 onlyDiana C. Lobosco STEM Academy publishes where graduates enrolled, college names only.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2025
75Colleges on the list
11Admit under 20%
19In New Jersey
17States
Each line goes from Wayne to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ · Public · admits 90%
- Boston UniversityBoston, MA · Private · admits 14%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · Private · admits 66%
- Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC · Public · admits 79%
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private · admits 8%
- Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA · Private · admits 81%
- Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, NJ · Private · admits 84%
- Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY · Public · admits 53%
- Felician UniversityLodi, NJ · Private · admits 89%
- Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA · Private · admits 36%
- Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA · Private · admits 19%
- Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GA · Public · admits 89%
- Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ · For-profit · admits 78%
- Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA · Private · admits 3%
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- Howard UniversityWashington, DC · admits 53%
- HZ University of Applied SciencesNot matched
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 7%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA · admits 97%
- Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA · admits 37%
- Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · admits 63%
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA · admits 4%
- Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, NJ · admits 91%
- Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ · admits 91%
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 85%
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ · admits 66%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · admits 7%
- NYU ShanghaiNot matched
- Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, NJ
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA · admits 55%
- Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ · admits 6%
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, NJ · admits 71%
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY · admits 65%
- Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, FL · admits 65%
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY · admits 67%
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · admits 77%
- Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ · admits 66%
- Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, NJ · admits 74%
- Saint Elizabeth UniversityMorristown, NJ · admits 72%
- San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA · admits 39%
- 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%
- Strayer University-North CarolinaGreensboro, NC
- SUNY BinghamtonNot matched
- SUNY CollegesNot matched
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · admits 52%
- Tec de MonterreyNot matched
- The College of New JerseyEwing, NJ · admits 64%
- The University of TampaTampa, FL · admits 26%
- The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, TX · admits 87%
- Towson UniversityTowson, MD · admits 79%
- University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY · admits 68%
- University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA · admits 24%
- University of FloridaGainesville, FL · admits 23%
- University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA · admits 64%
- University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA · admits 86%
- University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL · admits 19%
- University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · admits 18%
- University of New HavenWest Haven, CT · admits 91%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA · admits 49%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA · admits 49%
- University of ScrantonScranton, PA · admits 84%
- University of ScrantonScranton, PA · admits 84%
- University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, SC · admits 80%
- University of South FloridaTampa, FL · admits 44%
- University of VermontBurlington, VT · admits 60%
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA · admits 57%
- Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC · admits 21%
- West Point Military AcademyNot matched
- Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA · admits 94%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
From PCTI STEM Academy School Profile 2024-2025 (school counseling department) ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2024
162Colleges on the list
13Admit under 20%
28In New Jersey
29States
Each line goes from Wayne to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, NY · Private · admits 66%
- Albertus Magnus CollegeNew Haven, CT · Private · admits 81%
- American UniversityWashington, DC · Private · admits 41%
- American University in BulgariaNot matched to the federal college list
- Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA · Private · admits 78%
- Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN · Public · admits 69%
- Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, NY · Private · admits 46%
- Baylor UniversityWaco, TX · Private · admits 46%
- Bergen Community CollegeParamus, NJ · Public
- Berkeley College-New YorkNew York, NY · For-profit
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY · Public · admits 42%
- Boston UniversityBoston, MA · Private · admits 14%
- Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA · Private · admits 33%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · Private · admits 66%
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, CA · Public · admits 30%
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- Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA · admits 11%
- Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH · admits 27%
- Centenary UniversityHackettstown, NJ · admits 97%
- Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, CT · admits 77%
- Clemson UniversityClemson, SC · admits 43%
- Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY · admits 12%
- Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, CO · admits 91%
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · admits 4%
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · admits 8%
- Delaware State UniversityDover, DE · admits 55%
- DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA · admits 77%
- DeVry University-ColoradoWestminster, CO
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · admits 73%
- Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA · admits 88%
- East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA · admits 94%
- Elon UniversityElon, NC · admits 75%
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, FL · admits 65%
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, FL · admits 58%
- Emerson CollegeBoston, MA · admits 43%
- Essex County CollegeNewark, NJ
- Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT · admits 52%
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, NJ · admits 84%
- Felician UniversityLodi, NJ · admits 89%
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, FL · admits 33%
- Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, FL · admits 64%
- Florida International UniversityMiami, FL · admits 64%
- Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL · admits 25%
- Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · admits 54%
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA · admits 90%
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · admits 17%
- Hampton UniversityHampton, VA · admits 75%
- Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA · admits 84%
- Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA · admits 14%
- High Point UniversityHigh Point, NC · admits 79%
- Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY · admits 69%
- Howard UniversityWashington, DC · admits 53%
- International University of MonacoNot matched
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA · admits 34%
- Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA · admits 37%
- Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL · admits 79%
- Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, MD · admits 84%
- LUISS: Independent International University of Social Studies in RomeNot matched
- Manhattan CollegeRiverdale, NY · admits 82%
- Manhattanville UniversityNot matched
- Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · admits 63%
- Mercy CollegeDobbs Ferry, NY · admits 86%
- Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA · admits 75%
- Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI · admits 88%
- Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA · admits 89%
- Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, NJ · admits 91%
- Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ · admits 91%
- Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA · admits 66%
- New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, RI · admits 75%
- New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, NJ · admits 90%
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ · admits 66%
- New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY · admits 76%
- Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, VA · admits 90%
- North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC · admits 56%
- North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC · admits 47%
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · admits 7%
- Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 70%
- Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH · admits 53%
- Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls, OR · admits 93%
- Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR · admits 83%
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, NJ
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA · admits 93%
- Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ · admits 6%
- Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN · admits 53%
- Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT · admits 84%
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, NJ · admits 71%
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY · admits 65%
- Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · admits 84%
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY · admits 67%
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · admits 77%
- Rutgers University School of NursingNot matched
- Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, NJ · admits 77%
- Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ · admits 66%
- Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, NJ · admits 74%
- Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, CT · admits 66%
- Saint Elizabeth UniversityMorristown, NJ · admits 72%
- Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 89%
- Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, NJ · admits 89%
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · admits 75%
- Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY · admits 80%
- Simmons UniversityBoston, MA · admits 77%
- St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY · admits 85%
- Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ · admits 46%
- Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, MD · admits 84%
- Stockton UniversityGalloway, NJ · admits 86%
- Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA · admits 73%
- Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY · admits 49%
- SUNY at AlbanyAlbany, NY · admits 68%
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · admits 52%
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- Texas A & M University-College StationCollege Station, TX · admits 63%
- The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC · admits 86%
- The College of New JerseyEwing, NJ · admits 64%
- Towson UniversityTowson, MD · admits 79%
- University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY · admits 68%
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL · admits 41%
- University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO · admits 81%
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · admits 55%
- University of DaytonDayton, OH · admits 74%
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · admits 74%
- University of FloridaGainesville, FL · admits 23%
- University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT · admits 83%
- University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL · admits 79%
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL · admits 45%
- University of LynchburgLynchburg, VA · admits 96%
- University of MaineOrono, ME · admits 94%
- University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD · admits 45%
- University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA · admits 64%
- University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA · admits 81%
- University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA · admits 96%
- University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA · admits 86%
- University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL · admits 19%
- University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · admits 18%
- University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, NH · admits 87%
- University of New HavenWest Haven, CT · admits 91%
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · admits 7%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA · admits 49%
- University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI · admits 76%
- University of RochesterRochester, NY · admits 39%
- University of ScrantonScranton, PA · admits 84%
- University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC · admits 64%
- University of South FloridaTampa, FL · admits 44%
- University of VermontBurlington, VT · admits 60%
- University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA · admits 48%
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI · admits 49%
- Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · admits 19%
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, NY
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · admits 23%
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA · admits 57%
- Washington State UniversityPullman, WA · admits 83%
- Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MA · admits 92%
- West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV · admits 88%
- Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, UT
- Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA · admits 88%
- Westfield State UniversityWestfield, MA · admits 82%
- Widener UniversityChester, PA · admits 88%
- Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA · admits 94%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
- Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA · admits 58%
From PCTI STEM Academy School Profile 2023-2024 (school counseling department) ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.