New Jersey is known for its “brain drain,” as more than half of its high school students typically leave the state for college. Where do they go?
Students heading north often favor Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and University of Massachusetts – Amherst.
New York favorites are NYU, Syracuse University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Top choices in Pennsylvania are University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Drexel University, Lehigh University, and Penn State University.
Heading south, New Jersey students look towards University of Delaware, University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University.
