Went to college
Class of 2022 · within 16 months 81–83% #15 of 30 in Union County · New Jersey 75–77%
NJ 76% Springfield 40%100%
At four-year colleges90%10% at two-year colleges
Left New Jersey46%54% stayed in state
At private colleges38%62% at public colleges
Class of 2023, by fall83–86%81% 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 · 172 graduatesFour-year college67%
Two-year college16%
Other17%
| Class | Graduates | Four-year | Two-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 172 | 67% | 16% |
| 2025 | 177 | 66% | 20% |
| 2024 | 145 | 77% | 15% |
| 2023 | 157 | 73% | 11% |
Source: Jonathan Dayton High School School Profile 2026-2027 ↗ · JDHS School Profile 2025-2026 ↗
Which colleges
C · Enrollments, names onlyJonathan Dayton High School publishes where graduates enrolled, college names only.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2024
8Colleges on the list
0Admit under 20%
3In New Jersey
3States
Each line goes from Springfield to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · Private · admits 73%
- Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA · Private · admits 56%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · Public · admits 83%
- Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA · Private · admits 66%
- Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · Public · admits 77%
- Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA · Private · admits 76%
- University of ScrantonScranton, PA · Private · admits 84%
From Athlete College Commitments - JDHS ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.
Where graduates enrolled, names only · Class of 2023
7Colleges on the list
0Admit under 20%
0In New Jersey
3States
Each line goes from Springfield to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, NY · Public
- Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY · Private · admits 68%
- Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA · Private · admits 89%
- Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA · Private · admits 67%
- Union CollegeBarbourville, KY · Private · admits 53%
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · Private · admits 23%
- Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA · Private · admits 94%
From Athlete College Commitments - JDHS ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.
Colleges that accepted graduates, names only · Class of 2026
182Colleges on the list
15Admit under 20%
22In New Jersey
35States
Each line goes from Springfield to a college. Gold: admits under 20%.
- Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY · Private · admits 73%
- American Musical and Dramatic AcademyNew York, NY · Private · admits 26%
- American UniversityWashington, DC · Private · admits 41%
- Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ · Public · admits 90%
- Belmont UniversityNashville, TN · Private · admits 96%
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY · Public · admits 42%
- Boston UniversityBoston, MA · Private · admits 14%
- Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA · Private · admits 33%
- Buffalo State UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Butler UniversityIndianapolis, IN · Private · admits 82%
- Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ · Private · admits 66%
- California State UniversityNot matched to the federal college list
- Carolina UniversityWinston-Salem, NC · Private · admits 52%
- Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH · Private · admits 27%
- Centenary UniversityHackettstown, NJ · Private · admits 97%
Show all 182 colleges
- Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, SC · admits 99%
- Clemson UniversityClemson, SC · admits 43%
- Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC · admits 79%
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · admits 8%
- Delaware State UniversityDover, DE · admits 55%
- DePaul UniversityChicago, IL · admits 70%
- DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA · admits 77%
- Drew UniversityMadison, NJ · admits 73%
- Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA · admits 88%
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityNot matched
- Emerson CollegeBoston, MA · admits 43%
- Fairfield UniversityFairfield, CT · admits 52%
- Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityNot matched
- Felician UniversityLodi, NJ · admits 89%
- Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine, FL · admits 81%
- Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, FL · admits 81%
- Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, FL · admits 64%
- Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, FL · admits 57%
- Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL · admits 25%
- Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · admits 54%
- Furman UniversityGreenville, SC · admits 67%
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA · admits 90%
- Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GA · admits 89%
- Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA · admits 67%
- Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA · admits 58%
- Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY · admits 60%
- Hawaii Pacific UniversityHonolulu, HI · admits 87%
- High Point UniversityHigh Point, NC · admits 79%
- Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY · admits 69%
- Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, IN · admits 82%
- James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA · admits 78%
- Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, RI · admits 83%
- Kean UniversityUnion, NJ · admits 83%
- Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA · admits 81%
- Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA · admits 96%
- Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA · admits 34%
- Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA · admits 37%
- Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY · admits 93%
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, LA · admits 76%
- Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA · admits 41%
- Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, MD · admits 84%
- Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, FL · admits 80%
- Manhattanville UniversityNot matched
- Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · admits 63%
- Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, NY · admits 72%
- Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, MA · admits 75%
- Miami University-OxfordOxford, OH · admits 88%
- 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%
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 85%
- Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA · admits 66%
- 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 UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · admits 13%
- North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC · admits 84%
- North Carolina Wesleyan UniversityRocky Mount, NC · admits 68%
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · admits 7%
- Norwich UniversityNorthfield, VT · admits 83%
- Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityBaltimore, MD · admits 70%
- Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH · admits 53%
- Otis College of Art and DesignLos Angeles, CA · admits 83%
- Pace UniversityNew York, NY · admits 83%
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA · admits 55%
- Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY · admits 50%
- Providence CollegeProvidence, RI · admits 53%
- Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT · admits 84%
- Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, NJ · admits 71%
- Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, NJ
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY · admits 65%
- Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, RI · admits 88%
- Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · admits 84%
- Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA · admits 94%
- 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%
- 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%
- San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA · admits 39%
- Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, GA · admits 82%
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · admits 75%
- Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA · admits 74%
- Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX · admits 52%
- Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA · admits 76%
- St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY · admits 85%
- Stetson UniversityDeLand, FL · admits 94%
- Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, NJ · admits 46%
- Stockton UniversityGalloway, NJ · admits 86%
- Stonehill CollegeEaston, MA · admits 73%
- Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA · admits 87%
- SUNY at AlbanyAlbany, NY · admits 68%
- Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA · admits 77%
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · admits 52%
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · admits 80%
- 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 TampaTampa, FL · admits 26%
- The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, TN · admits 68%
- Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA · admits 82%
- Towson UniversityTowson, MD · admits 79%
- Tufts UniversityMedford, MA · admits 10%
- Union CollegeBarbourville, KY · admits 53%
- Union County CollegeCranford, NJ
- University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY · admits 68%
- University of ArizonaTucson, AZ · admits 87%
- University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR · admits 79%
- University of BridgeportBridgeport, CT · admits 82%
- University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA · admits 21%
- University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · admits 9%
- University of California-RiversideRiverside, CA · admits 69%
- University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO · admits 81%
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT · admits 55%
- University of DelawareNewark, DE · admits 74%
- University of FloridaGainesville, FL · admits 23%
- University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT · admits 83%
- University of KentuckyLexington, KY · admits 95%
- University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, MD · admits 82%
- University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD · admits 45%
- 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 Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · admits 18%
- University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN · admits 75%
- University of MississippiUniversity, MS · admits 97%
- University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE · admits 79%
- University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, NH · admits 87%
- University of New HavenWest Haven, CT · admits 91%
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC · admits 17%
- University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, NC · admits 92%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA · admits 49%
- University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI · admits 76%
- University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, VA · admits 24%
- University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA · admits 53%
- University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · admits 71%
- 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 Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA · admits 19%
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI · admits 49%
- Utica UniversityUtica, NY · admits 81%
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA · admits 23%
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA · admits 57%
- Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA · admits 90%
- Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC · admits 21%
- Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, NC
- West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA · admits 88%
- West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV · admits 88%
- Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC · admits 85%
- Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, CT · admits 84%
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · admits 92%
- Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA · admits 58%
- York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA · admits 96%
From Jonathan Dayton High School School Profile 2026-2027 ↗, read automatically; the school's document is the authority. Admit rates: IPEDS 2022.