List of New Jersey County Colleges

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The New Jersey County Colleges is a system of 18 public community colleges, encompassing more than 60 campuses in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [1] [2] As of 2019, there are 18 county colleges statewide; this reflects the fact that each college serves one of New Jersey's 21 counties, except for Atlantic Cape Community College, Raritan Valley Community College, and Rowan College of South Jersey, each of which serves two counties.

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In 2003, former governor James McGreevey created the New Jersey Community Colleges Compact, with Executive Order No. 81, as a statewide partnership to enable cooperation between the colleges and various state departments. [3] [4] The compact is administered by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, which makes recommendations on the deployment and use of county college resources. The council also provides educational and training materials to the college administrations to further their goals. [1] The council was founded in 1989 under statute 18A:64A-26 of the New Jersey legislature to promote the advancement of the county community colleges of New Jersey. [4] [5] In 2003, the state further established the Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development as a single point of contact for employers looking for skilled workers in New Jersey. [1]

The county colleges of New Jersey represent 56% of all undergraduate students in the state and offer studies in 1,700 degree and certificate programs. [2] Reflecting long-term trends nationwide, the male-to-female ratio of students in the system is 41% male to 59% female, and 48% of students are over the age of 24. [2] Overall, the system enrolls more than 350,000 students each year on campuses that range in size from 1,300 students at Salem Community College to over 15,000 students at Bergen Community College.

Not all of the county colleges were founded by the State of New Jersey; the oldest county college in New Jersey, Union County College, was founded in 1933 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration as Union County Junior College; it operated as a private college from 1936 to 1982, and merged with the publicly operated Union County Technical Institute in 1982 to become the current public institution. [6]

List

School nameCounty servedCampus locationsFoundedEnrollmentMaleFemaleReferencesMain Campus view
Atlantic Cape Community College Atlantic
Cape May 		Mays Landing and Cape May Court House
1964
6,922
38%
62%
 [7] [8] Atlantic Cape CC.jpg
Bergen Community College Bergen Paramus, Hackensack and Lyndhurst
1965
15,057
47%
53%
 [9] [10] Bergen CC-NJ.jpg
Brookdale Community College Monmouth Lincroft, Freehold, Wall, Neptune and Long Branch
1967
14,025
44%
56%
 [11] [12] Brookdale CC-NJ.jpg
Rowan College at Burlington County (formerly Burlington County College) Burlington Mount Laurel
1966
8,432
41%
59%
 [13] [14] Burlington County College.jpg
Camden County College Camden Blackwood, Camden, and Cherry Hill
1967
14,741
38%
62%
 [15] [16] Camden County College.jpg
County College of Morris Morris Randolph
1968
14,741
38%
62%
 [17] [18] County College of Morris.jpg
Essex County College Essex Newark and West Caldwell
1966
10,995
39%
61%
 [19] [20] Essex CC-NJ.jpg
Rowan College of South Jersey (formerly Gloucester County College, Rowan College at Gloucester County, and Cumberland County College) Gloucester
Cumberland 		Sewell and Vineland
1966
9,782
43%
57%
 [21] [22] Gloucester CC-NJ.jpg
Hudson County Community College Hudson Jersey City and Union City
1974
9,414
37%
63%
 [23] [24] Hudson County Community College.jpg
Mercer County Community College Mercer West Windsor and Trenton
1966
9,094
43%
57%
 [25] [26] Mercer County CC-NJ.jpg
Middlesex College Middlesex Edison, New Brunswick, and Perth Amboy
1964
12,097
46%
54%
 [27] [28] Middlesex County CC-NJ.jpg
Ocean County College Ocean Toms River and Stafford Township
1964
9,351
42%
58%
 [29] [30] Ocean County CC-NJ.jpg
Passaic County Community College Passaic Passaic, Paterson, Wanaque, and Wayne
1971
7,493
37%
63%
 [31] [32] Passaic CC-NJ.jpg
Raritan Valley Community College Hunterdon
Somerset 		Branchburg
1965
6,629
44%
56%
 [33] [34] Raritan Valley CC-NJ.jpg
Salem Community College Salem Carneys Point Township
1958
1,303
32%
68%
 [35] [36] Salem CC-NJ.jpg
Sussex County Community College Sussex Newton
1981
3,732
44%
56%
 [37] [38] Sussex County CC-NJ.jpg
Union County College Union Cranford, Elizabeth, Scotch Plains and Plainfield
1933
12,774
36%
64%
 [39] [40] Union County CC-NJ.jpg
Warren County Community College Warren Washington
1981
1,742
39%
61%
 [41] [42] Warren County CC-NJ.jpg

Selected statistics

Comparison of county/community colleges
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College2007
Headcount		2007-2008
credit hours		County
population
18 yrs+		Enrollment
per 1000
adults		In-county tuition
per credit hour
(fall 2009)
Atlantic6,929143,971282,59325$93
Bergen15,057314,497698,24822$107
Brookdale14,026301,583487,43429$115
Burlington8,432176,654343,10825$97
Camden14,357306,397385,34038$93
Cumberland3,52872,555117,52030$94
Essex10,995264,838577,74419$104
Gloucester6,169120,939218,62928$81
Hudson7,017152,108467,21415$96
Mercer8,987177,132281,21832$119
Middlesex12,1312,723607,26220$97
Morris6,330176,825371,77922$105
Ocean9,351189,838434,39322$94
Passaic7,261131,992364,85721$95
Raritan6,498124,504242,65727$96
Salem1,27029,16550,88926$93
Sussex3,73271,325114,75033$101
Union11,279229,044383,89830$94
Warren1,72029,28183,28521$91

Source: Hudson County Community College. [43] Its sources: New Jersey Council of County Colleges; Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, August 2006.

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