Went to college
Class of 2022 · within 16 months 81–83% Tied #6 of 20 in Passaic County · New Jersey 75–77%
NJ 76% Wayne 35%100%
At four-year colleges79%21% at two-year colleges
Left New Jersey14%86% stayed in state
At private colleges16%84% at public colleges
Class of 2023, by fall76–78%84% 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.
Plans after graduation
Class of 2026 · as the school reports them · 246 graduatesFour-year college93%
Two-year college7%
| Class | Graduates | Four-year | Two-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 246 | 93% | 7% |
| 2024 | 792 | 79% | 21% |
Source: PCTI STEM Academy School Profile 2025-2026 ↗ · PCTI School Profile 2023-2024 (includes Class of 2024 College Matriculation section) ↗
Which colleges
C · Enrollments, names onlyPassaic County Technical Institute publishes where graduates enrolled, college names only.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2026
62Colleges on the list
11Admit under 20%
16In New Jersey
18States
Each line goes from Wayne to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Bergen Community CollegeParamus, NJ · Public
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA · Private · admits 17%
- Bryant UniversitySmithfield, RI · Private · admits 69%
- Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH · Private · admits 27%
- Clemson UniversityClemson, SC · Public · admits 43%
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private · admits 8%
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY · Public · admits 51%
- Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA · Private · admits 95%
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · Private · admits 73%
- Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · Private · admits 80%
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, FL · Public · admits 81%
- Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC · Private · admits 12%
Show all 62 colleges
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · admits 17%
- Hampton UniversityHampton, VA · admits 75%
- Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA · admits 3%
- Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, RI · admits 83%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA · admits 34%
- Lee UniversityCleveland, TN · admits 73%
- Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA · admits 99%
- Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI · admits 88%
- Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ · admits 91%
- Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA · admits 67%
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ · admits 66%
- New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY · admits 76%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- New York University Abu DhabiNot matched
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- 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%
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · admits 77%
- Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ · admits 66%
- Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, NJ · admits 74%
- San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA · admits 39%
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · admits 75%
- St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, NY · admits 89%
- Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ · admits 46%
- Stockton UniversityGalloway, NJ · admits 86%
- 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%
- United States Military AcademyWest Point, NY · admits 12%
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL · admits 41%
- University of ChicagoChicago, IL · admits 5%
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · admits 55%
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · admits 74%
- University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT · admits 83%
- University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL · admits 19%
- 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%
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, NY
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · admits 23%
- West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA · admits 88%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
- Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA · admits 58%
From PCTI STEM Academy School Profile 2025-2026 ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2025
65Colleges on the list
7Admit under 20%
18In New Jersey
16States
Each line goes from Wayne to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ · Public · admits 90%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · Private · admits 66%
- 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 W Olin College of EngineeringNeedham, MA · Private · admits 19%
- Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ · For-profit · admits 78%
- Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA · Private · admits 3%
- Howard UniversityWashington, DC · Private · admits 53%
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD · Private · admits 7%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · Public · admits 83%
- Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA · Private · admits 97%
Show all 65 colleges
- Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · admits 63%
- 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%
- Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY · admits 50%
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, NJ · admits 71%
- 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%
- Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, GA · admits 82%
- School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL · admits 79%
- School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY · admits 87%
- 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 MiamiCoral Gables, FL · admits 19%
- 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 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%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
From PCTI School Profile 2024-2025 (includes Class of 2025 College Matriculation section) ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2024
116Colleges on the list
2Admit under 20%
25In New Jersey
25States
Each line goes from Wayne to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY · Private · admits 73%
- Alfred UniversityAlfred, NY · Private · admits 51%
- Bergen Community CollegeParamus, NJ · Public
- Berkeley College-New YorkNew York, NY · For-profit
- Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA · Private · admits 54%
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY · Public · admits 42%
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, ID · Private · admits 96%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · Private · admits 66%
- Centenary UniversityHackettstown, NJ · Private · admits 97%
- County College of MorrisRandolph, NJ · Public
- CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, NY · Public · admits 82%
- CUNY System OfficeNew York, NY · Public
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · Private · admits 73%
- Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · Private · admits 80%
Show all 116 colleges
- East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA · admits 94%
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, NJ · admits 84%
- Felician UniversityLodi, NJ · admits 89%
- Florida International UniversityMiami, FL · admits 64%
- Florida Polytechnic UniversityLakeland, FL · admits 56%
- Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, FL · admits 57%
- Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · admits 54%
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA · admits 90%
- Hampton UniversityHampton, VA · admits 75%
- High Point UniversityHigh Point, NC · admits 79%
- Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, NJ
- Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL · admits 61%
- Jack Kent Cooke FoundationNot matched
- Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, RI · admits 83%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA · admits 81%
- Livingstone CollegeSalisbury, NC · admits 64%
- Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY · admits 93%
- Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, MD · admits 80%
- Miami Dade CollegeMiami, FL
- Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI · admits 88%
- Molloy UniversityNot matched
- 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 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%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- Newberry CollegeNewberry, SC · admits 75%
- Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, VA · admits 90%
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · admits 7%
- Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, FL · admits 76%
- Ohio Technical CollegeCleveland, OH
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm Beach, FL · admits 95%
- Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, NJ
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA · admits 55%
- Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY · admits 50%
- Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT · admits 84%
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, NJ · admits 71%
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY · admits 65%
- Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · admits 84%
- Roanoke CollegeSalem, VA · admits 80%
- 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%
- Saint Elizabeth UniversityMorristown, NJ · admits 72%
- Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, NJ · admits 89%
- School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL · admits 79%
- School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY · admits 87%
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · admits 75%
- Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, VA · admits 80%
- Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY · admits 80%
- St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn, NY · admits 84%
- St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY · admits 85%
- St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, NY · admits 77%
- Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ · admits 46%
- Stockton UniversityGalloway, NJ · admits 86%
- Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY · admits 49%
- SUNY at AlbanyAlbany, NY · admits 68%
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · admits 52%
- Texas Southern UniversityHouston, TX · admits 97%
- The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC · admits 86%
- The College of New JerseyEwing, NJ · admits 64%
- The New SchoolNew York, NY · admits 57%
- The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL · admits 80%
- The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX · admits 31%
- The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- University of ArizonaTucson, AZ · admits 87%
- University of ArizonaTucson, AZ · admits 87%
- University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO · admits 81%
- University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, CO · admits 85%
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · admits 55%
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · admits 74%
- University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL · admits 79%
- University of IowaIowa City, IA · admits 86%
- University of KentuckyLexington, KY · admits 95%
- University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, MD · admits 82%
- University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, MD · admits 81%
- University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA · admits 81%
- University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA · admits 96%
- University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, MI · admits 54%
- University of Michigan-FlintFlint, MI · admits 66%
- University of MississippiUniversity, MS · admits 97%
- University of New HavenWest Haven, CT · admits 91%
- University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, NC · admits 90%
- University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA · admits 94%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA · admits 49%
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA · admits 57%
- Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA · admits 90%
- West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA · admits 88%
- West Virginia State UniversityInstitute, WV · admits 96%
- West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV · admits 88%
- Widener UniversityChester, PA · admits 88%
- Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA · admits 94%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
- Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA · admits 94%
From PCTI School Profile 2023-2024 (includes Class of 2024 College Matriculation section) ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.