Saint Elizabeth University

Private · Moderately Selective · NJ

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationNJ · Northeast

SettingSuburban

Undergrads557

Student:faculty8:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate33%

6-yr grad rate51.1%

Drop-out rate35.3%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$37k

Out-of-state tuition$37k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity80.1%

Gender diversity59.6%

International2.1%

IdentityRoman Catholic

Overview

Saint Elizabeth University is a private Catholic university in Morristown, New Jersey, founded by the Sisters of Charity as one of the state's first colleges for women and now coeducational. It sits on a wooded suburban campus within reach of New York City.

Academics

Nursing, education, nutrition and dietetics, and social work are the school's established strengths — health and helping-profession fields that reflect the Sisters of Charity's founding mission of service.

Campus & student life

The campus is small and quiet, set on wooded grounds that feel removed from the surrounding suburban New Jersey area despite the proximity to New York. Its small size means students in the same program generally know each other well.

Worth knowing

Given its founding as a women's college, Saint Elizabeth still carries something of that legacy in campus culture even though it now enrolls men, and its health and human-services program cluster is a more coherent institutional identity than a broad liberal arts catalog would be.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate71%

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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