Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Montclair State University admitted 23,443 of 26,224 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (89.4%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Montclair State University
Three things Montclair State University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
1,129 admitted from a waitlist of 2,187.
A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
10% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Montclair State University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $15,566 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
89.4%
23,443 admitted of 26,224 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
850–1160
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.35
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
10%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Montclair State University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 71% to 87%.
What Montclair State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 2,187
- Accepted the place
- 671
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 1,129
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $15,566 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $10,880
- $30k–$48k
- $11,532
- $48k–$75k
- $16,388
- $75k–$110k
- $22,058
- Over $110k
- $25,573
Source: the College Scorecard
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in New Jersey
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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