More than 4,900 applications to the freshman class were submitted, 23% more than in 2002. Admission was offered to fewer than half (48%) of the freshman applicants.
Total undergraduate and graduate headcount is 5,689. The undergraduate enrollment is 5,381. The graduate enrollment of 301 is a 2% increase from 2005.
Full-time enrollment accounts for 88% of the 5,381 undergraduate students.
The class of 2011, 902 students, is the largest freshman class ever. This class is 10% larger than the class of 2010.
Class rank for enrolled, regularly admitted freshmen has risen from the 75th percentile (top 25% of the class) in 2002 to the present 80th percentile (top 20%). Mean combined SAT scores in Critical Reading and Math are 1167 (574 Critical Reading and 593 Math). The mean grade point average for the Class of 2011 is 3.51.
The EOF class numbers 77.
The freshman class of 902 students comes from all 21 in New Jersey as well as from California, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and seven foreign countries.
Undergraduate international students number 153 this semester. Thirty-seven (37) new international students enrolled this September.
Demand for campus housing continues to increase. Eighty-five (85) percent of new freshmen chose to live on campus.
In the 2008 edition of America's Best Colleges, released by U.S. News & World Report, Ramapo College was a top pick, regional "Top Public Universities".
Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranks Ramapo as one of the 100 best values among public colleges in the United States, 2007 Edition.
Ramapo College of New Jersey Featured in the Princeton Review Book America's Best Value Colleges, 2008 Edition.