The College of New Jersey is a public university known as the first normal school in the state of New Jersey and the fifth in the United States. A highly selective institution consistently recognized as one of the top comprehensive colleges in the nation, TCNJ maintains the seventh-highest four-year graduation rate among all public colleges and universities. TCNJ aims to combine the best practices of private institutions with a public mission, resulting in an innovative and unique model for undergraduate education, with enrolls over 7,300 students including 6,790 undergraduates and 610 graduate students.