Went to college
Class of 2022 · within 16 months 62–64% #12 of 12 in Somerset County · New Jersey 75–77%
NJ 76% North Plainfield 60%100%
At four-year colleges58%42% at two-year colleges
Left New Jersey19%81% stayed in state
At private colleges18%82% at public colleges
Class of 2023, by fall56–58%56% 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 2025 · as the school reports them · 320 graduatesFour-year college41%
Two-year college29%
Full-time job11%
Military4%
Source: North Plainfield High School Profile 2025-2026 (includes 2024-2025 College Matriculation list) ↗
Which colleges
C · Enrollments, names onlyNorth Plainfield High School publishes where graduates enrolled, college names only.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2025
56Colleges on the list
7Admit under 20%
17In New Jersey
15States
Each line goes from North Plainfield to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY · Private · admits 73%
- Albright CollegeReading, PA · Private · admits 85%
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Hasbrouck HeightsNot matched to the federal college list
- Berkeley College-New YorkNew York, NY · For-profit
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Boston UniversityBoston, MA · Private · admits 14%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · Private · admits 66%
- Defiance CollegeDefiance, OH · Private · admits 63%
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · Private · admits 73%
- Duke UniversityDurham, NC · Private · admits 6%
- E & S Academy - South PlainfieldNot matched to the federal college list
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, NJ · Private · admits 84%
- Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA · Private · admits 36%
- Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, FL · For-profit
- Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA · Private · admits 14%
Show all 56 colleges
- Innovate Salon Academy - South PlainfieldNot matched
- John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, OH · admits 82%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South PlainfieldNot matched
- Lincoln Technical Institute-UnionNot matched
- Livingstone CollegeSalisbury, NC · admits 64%
- Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY · admits 93%
- Middlesex CollegeEdison, NJ
- Middlesex Community CollegeMiddletown, CT
- Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ · admits 91%
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 85%
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ · admits 66%
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · admits 7%
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, NJ
- Rice UniversityHouston, TX · admits 9%
- Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · admits 84%
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, 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 Peter's UniversityJersey City, NJ · admits 89%
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · admits 75%
- Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA · admits 76%
- Stockton UniversityGalloway, NJ · admits 86%
- SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, NY · admits 86%
- SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, NY · admits 80%
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC · admits 86%
- Union County CollegeCranford, NJ
- Universal Technical Institute - BloomfieldNot matched
- University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL · admits 19%
- University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · admits 18%
- University of RochesterRochester, NY · admits 39%
- University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA · admits 53%
- University of VermontBurlington, VT · admits 60%
- Valencia CollegeOrlando, FL
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · admits 23%
- Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA · admits 95%
From North Plainfield High School Profile 2025-2026 (includes 2024-2025 College Matriculation list) ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.
Colleges that accepted graduates, names only · Class of 2024
188Colleges on the list
5Admit under 20%
35In New Jersey
30States
Each line goes from North Plainfield to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, CA · For-profit
- Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY · Private · admits 73%
- Albertus Magnus CollegeNew Haven, CT · Private · admits 81%
- Albright CollegeReading, PA · Private · admits 85%
- Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA · Private · admits 70%
- American UniversityWashington, DC · Private · admits 41%
- Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA · Private · admits 78%
- Assumption UniversityWorcester, MA · Private · admits 82%
- Barry UniversityMiami, FL · Private · admits 60%
- Benedict CollegeColumbia, SC · Private · admits 68%
- Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park, NJ · For-profit
- Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park, NJ · For-profit
- Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park, NJ · For-profit
- Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA · Private · admits 54%
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY · Public · admits 42%
Show all 188 colleges
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityNot matched
- Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME · admits 9%
- Bowie State UniversityBowie, MD · admits 87%
- Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, NJ
- Bryant UniversitySmithfield, RI · admits 69%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · admits 66%
- Canisius UniversityNot matched
- Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH · admits 27%
- Centenary UniversityHackettstown, NJ · admits 97%
- Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA · admits 98%
- Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, VA · admits 85%
- Claflin UniversityOrangeburg, SC · admits 78%
- Clark Atlanta UniversityAtlanta, GA · admits 56%
- Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY · admits 78%
- Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 45%
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · admits 8%
- Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, NY · admits 95%
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY · admits 51%
- CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, NY
- Dean CollegeFranklin, MA · admits 76%
- Delaware State UniversityDover, DE · admits 55%
- Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA · admits 95%
- Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA · admits 35%
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · admits 73%
- Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA · admits 63%
- Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA · admits 81%
- Emerson CollegeBoston, MA · admits 43%
- Essex County CollegeNewark, NJ
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison, NJ · admits 89%
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, NJ · admits 84%
- Felician UniversityLodi, NJ · admits 89%
- Fisher CollegeBoston, MA · admits 74%
- Fisk UniversityNashville, TN · admits 71%
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, FL · admits 33%
- Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · admits 54%
- Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, FL
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA · admits 90%
- Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA · admits 67%
- Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, NJ · admits 76%
- Hampton UniversityHampton, VA · admits 75%
- Hawaii Pacific UniversityHonolulu, HI · admits 87%
- Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY · admits 69%
- Howard UniversityWashington, DC · admits 53%
- Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, NJ
- Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA · admits 70%
- Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, IN · admits 82%
- Institute of Culinary EducationPasadena, CA
- James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA · admits 78%
- Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteCharlotte, NC · admits 73%
- Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, RI · admits 83%
- Johnson C Smith UniversityCharlotte, NC · admits 25%
- Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA · admits 76%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Keiser University Flagship CampusNot matched
- Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA · admits 81%
- Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA · admits 96%
- Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA · admits 99%
- Lincoln College of Technology-UnionNot matched
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South PlainfieldNot matched
- Lincoln UniversityOakland, CA
- Livingstone CollegeSalisbury, NC · admits 64%
- Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY · admits 93%
- Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY · admits 93%
- Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA · admits 75%
- Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, FL · admits 80%
- Manhattan CollegeRiverdale, NY · admits 82%
- Marywood UniversityScranton, PA · admits 81%
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health SciencesNot matched
- McGill UniversityNot matched
- Mercy CollegeDobbs Ferry, NY · admits 86%
- Middlesex CollegeEdison, NJ
- Middlesex Community CollegeMiddletown, CT
- Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA · admits 89%
- Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, NJ · admits 91%
- Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ · admits 91%
- Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA · admits 67%
- Morehead State UniversityMorehead, KY · admits 84%
- Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, GA · admits 60%
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 85%
- Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA · admits 66%
- NCAA Eligibility CenterNot matched
- Neumann UniversityAston, PA · admits 86%
- 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%
- Niagara UniversityNiagara University, NY · admits 90%
- Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, VA · admits 90%
- North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC · admits 56%
- North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC · admits 84%
- Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, AZ · admits 80%
- Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, VA
- Notre Dame CollegeCleveland, OH · admits 79%
- Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 70%
- Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH · admits 53%
- Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, OH · admits 87%
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- Pennco Tech-BlackwoodNot matched
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA · admits 93%
- Pillar CollegeNewark, NJ
- Queen's University KingstonNot matched
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, NJ · admits 71%
- Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, NJ
- Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · admits 84%
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY · admits 67%
- Rome City InstituteNot matched
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · admits 77%
- 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 Leo UniversitySaint Leo, FL · admits 80%
- Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, NJ · admits 89%
- Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA · admits 73%
- Salem State UniversitySalem, MA · admits 93%
- School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL · admits 79%
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · admits 75%
- Shaw UniversityRaleigh, NC · admits 61%
- Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY · admits 80%
- Simmons UniversityBoston, MA · admits 77%
- South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, SC · 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%
- Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA · admits 87%
- SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, NY · admits 75%
- SUNY CortlandCortland, NY · admits 60%
- Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA · admits 77%
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · admits 52%
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- The College of New JerseyEwing, NJ · admits 64%
- The Healthcare InstituteNot matched
- The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL · admits 80%
- Union CollegeBarbourville, KY · admits 53%
- Union County CollegeCranford, NJ
- Universal Technical Institute-BloomfieldNot matched
- University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY · admits 68%
- University of AlbertaNot matched
- University of BridgeportBridgeport, CT · admits 82%
- University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, CO · admits 85%
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · admits 55%
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · admits 74%
- University of IowaIowa City, IA · admits 86%
- University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, MD · admits 82%
- University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA · admits 64%
- University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, MA · admits 81%
- 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 Rhode IslandKingston, RI · admits 76%
- University of RochesterRochester, NY · admits 39%
- University of ScrantonScranton, PA · admits 84%
- University of TorontoNot matched
- University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA · admits 19%
- University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA · admits 48%
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · admits 23%
- Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA · admits 91%
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA · admits 57%
- Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA · admits 90%
- Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, CT · admits 84%
- Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA · admits 88%
- Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce, OH · admits 45%
- Wiley CollegeMarshall, TX
- Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA · admits 94%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
- Wingate UniversityWingate, NC · admits 86%
- Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, NC · admits 73%
- Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA · admits 95%
From CONGRATULATIONS NPHS CLASS OF 2024 - North Plainfield Pulse District Highlights (Class of 2024 College Acceptances) ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.