List of colleges and universities in New Jersey

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As of 2014, the State of New Jersey recognizes and licenses 66 institutions of higher education (post-secondary) through its Commission on Higher Education. These institutions include four public research universities, seven state colleges and universities, fourteen private colleges and universities (two of which are classified as research universities), eighteen county colleges, fourteen religious institutions, and eight for-profit proprietary schools. [1]

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As of July 2020, the U.S. Department of Education listed 166 colleges and universities in its database. This includes technical and vocational schools that offer only certificates or job training, as well as degree-granting colleges and universities. [2]

New Jersey was the only British colony to permit the establishment of two colleges in the colonial period. Princeton University, chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, chartered on November 10, 1766, as Queen's College, were two of nine colleges founded before the American Revolution. [3] [4] [5] :passim. In the 1860s, these two colleges competed to become the state's land grant college under the terms of the Morrill Act of 1862 which provided land and funding to expand development of engineering, scientific, agricultural, and military education at one school in each state. Rutgers received the designation in 1864 began to expand instruction in these areas and taking on a hybrid private-public role that paved the way for its transformation into a state university in 1945. Today, Rutgers is a large public research university serving over 65,000 students. Princeton remained a private college and developed into a research university that is one of the nation's eight prestigious Ivy League schools.

On August 22, 2012, then New Jersey governor Chris Christie signed into law the New Jersey Medical and Health Science Education Restructuring Act which divided the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) between Rutgers and Rowan University, creating two public medical schools. [6] [7] According to The Star-Ledger , the law gave Rutgers "nearly all of UMDNJ—including its medical schools in Newark and Piscataway—in one of the greatest expansions in the state university's history" and southern New Jersey's Rowan University would "take over UMDNJ's osteopathic medical school in Stratford." [8]

There are three law schools in the state accredited by the American Bar Association; two at Rutgers (at the university's Rutgers–Newark and Rutgers–Camden campuses respectively) and the other at Seton Hall University 's campus in Newark. [9]

Colleges and universities

Key
AbbreviationAccrediting or approving agency
AARTS Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
ATS Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
MSCHE Middle States Commission on Higher Education
NJCHE New Jersey Commission on Higher Education

Public colleges and universities

SchoolLocationFoundedControl [10] Type [10] Enrollment [11]
Fall 2022
Accrediting or approving agency
The College of New Jersey Ewing Township 1855Public Master's 7,629 MSCHE
Kean University Union and Hillside 1855Public Doctoral/Professional Universities 12,884 MSCHE
Montclair State University Montclair, Little Falls, and Bloomfield 1908Public Research university 21,784 MSCHE
New Jersey City University Jersey City 1927Public Master's 6,539 MSCHE
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark 1881Public Research university 12,332 MSCHE
Ramapo College Mahwah 1969Public Master's 5,478 MSCHE
Rowan University Glassboro, Camden, and Stratford 1923Public Research university 19,535 MSCHE
Rutgers University [a] New Brunswick, Piscataway, Camden, and Newark 1766Public Research university 67,620 [13] MSCHE
Stockton University Galloway and Atlantic City 1969Public Master's 9,080 MSCHE
Thomas Edison State University Trenton 1972Public Master's 8,248 MSCHE
William Paterson University Wayne 1855Public Master's 9,070 MSCHE

Private colleges and universities

SchoolLocationFoundedControl [10] Type [10] Enrollment [11]
Fall 2022
Accrediting or approving agency
Caldwell University Caldwell 1939Private Master's 2,028 MSCHE
Centenary University Hackettstown, Long Valley, Parsippany, Edison, and Pleasantville 1867Private Master's 1,498 MSCHE
Drew University Madison 1867Private Master's 2,092 MSCHE
Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison, Florham Park, Teaneck, and Hackensack 1942Private Master's 10,108 MSCHE
Felician University Lodi and Rutherford 1942Private Master's 2,148 MSCHE
Georgian Court University Lakewood 1908Private Master's 1,962 MSCHE
Monmouth University West Long Branch 1933Private Research university 5,027 MSCHE
Princeton University Princeton 1746Private Research university 8,842 MSCHE
Rider University Lawrence 1865Private Master's 4,054 MSCHE
Saint Elizabeth University Morris Twp. and Florham Park 1899Private Master's 1,122 MSCHE
St. Peter's University Jersey City 1872Private Master's 3,430 MSCHE
Seton Hall University South Orange, Newark, and Nutley 1856Private Research university 9,623 MSCHE
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken 1870Private Research university 9,314 MSCHE

County community colleges

Sussex County's freeholders purchased Don Bosco College, a Roman Catholic seminary, for its community college campus in 1989. Sussex County Community College Newton NJ Main Building 2013.jpg
Sussex County's freeholders purchased Don Bosco College, a Roman Catholic seminary, for its community college campus in 1989.

New Jersey has a system of 18 public community colleges at the county level statewide. This reflects the fact that each college serves one of New Jersey's 21 counties, except for Atlantic Cape Community College, Rowan College of South Jersey, and Raritan Valley Community College, each of which serves two counties. In 1989, the New Jersey Council of County Colleges was created to promote the advancement of the state's county community colleges. In 2003, governor James McGreevey created the New Jersey Community Colleges Compact, through Executive Order No. 81, as a statewide partnership to enable cooperation between the colleges and various state departments. The county colleges of New Jersey represent 56% of all undergraduate students in the state and offer studies in associate degree and certificate programs. 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. 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 College (New Jersey), 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. [14]

For-profit institutions

SchoolLocationFoundedControl [10] Type [10] EnrollmentAccrediting or approving agency
Berkeley College Newark, Woodland Park, Woodbridge, and New York City 1931Proprietary
(for-profit)
Master's 2,625 [15] MSCHE
DeVry University Iselin 1931Proprietary
(for-profit)
Baccalaureate 95 [16] HLC
Divers Academy International Erial 1977PrivateCertifications268
Eastern International College Jersey City and Belleville 1990Proprietary
(for-profit)
Special focus387 [17] MSCHE
Eastwick College Ramsey, Hackensack, Paterson, and Nutley 1985Proprietary
(for-profit)
Not classified- ACCSC
Jersey College [b] Teterboro, Ewing, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Fort Lauderdale 2003Proprietary
(for-profit)
Special focus- COE
Lincoln Technical Institute Edison, Mahwah, Moorestown, Paramus, South Plainfield, Union, New Britain, Shelton, Columbia, Brockton, Lowell, Somerville, New York City, Allentown, Philadelphia (3 locations), and Lincoln 1947Proprietary
(for-profit)
Baccalaureate
Associate's
3,995 [c] ACICS
Strayer University Piscataway 1892Proprietary
(for-profit)
Master's530 [23] MSCHE
University of Phoenix Jersey City -Proprietary
(for-profit)
Special focus institution- HLC

Independent religious schools

Religious colleges

SchoolLocationFoundedControl [10] Type [10] EnrollmentAccrediting or approving agency
Assumption College for Sisters Denville 1953Private Associates 40 [24] MSCHE, NJCHE
Pillar College Zarephath (Franklin Twp.) and Newark 1908Private Special focus institution 241 [25] MSCHE

Christian theological seminaries

Theological schools are typically classified as "Special Topic Institutions" by the Carnegie Foundation.

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationAccrediting or approving agencyNotes
Drew Theological School Madison 1867 United Methodist Church ATS, MSCHE

Founded as Methodist seminary, expanded into Drew University when liberal arts education added in 1928

New Brunswick Theological Seminary New Brunswick 1784 Reformed Church in America ATS, MSCHE

Oldest seminary in the United States; founded as Dutch Reformed seminary in New York City, moved to New Brunswick in 1810, run jointly and shared facilities with Queen's College, later Rutgers College, until 1856

Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton 1812 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ATS, MSCHE

Second-oldest seminary in the United States and second largest theological library collection in the world behind only the Vatican Apostolic Library in Vatican City

Talmudic schools

SchoolLocationFoundedAffiliationAccrediting or approving agencyNotes
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed Lakewood --AARTS-
Beth Medrash Govoha Lakewood 1943Haredi Orthodox JudaismAARTS-
Mesivta Keser Torah Belmar --AARTS-
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Edison and New York City --AARTS-
Rabbinical College of America Morristown 1973Jewish (Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic)AARTS

Rabbinical college, also offers orthodox day school for boys and girls and summer programs

Talmudical Academy of Central New Jersey Howell 1972Orthodox JewishAARTS

Includes an orthodox yeshiva high school and rabbinical college

Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok Elizabeth --AARTS-
Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Leyma Linden 1998 [26] -(pending)-
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Lakewood --AARTS-
Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah Lakewood --AARTS-

Defunct institutions

List of defunct institutions in New Jersey
SchoolLocationControlFoundedClosedNotes
Alma White College Zarephath (Franklin Twp.)-19211978-
Alphonsus College---1974-
Bayonne Junior College Bayonne --1951-
Junior College of Bergen County Teaneck -1933|1954 TeaneckMerged with Fairleigh Dickinson University
College of South Jersey Camden -19261950Merged with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to become Rutgers University-Camden
Don Bosco College Newton -19281990Campus sold to County of Sussex to house Sussex County Community College
Englewood Cliffs College Englewood Cliffs -19621974-
Essex Junior College---1937-
Evelyn College for Women Princeton -18871897-
Gibbs College Livingston, Boston, Norwalk, Tysons Corner, and Cranston -19111997-
Immaculate Conception Seminary South Orange --18611986Now Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, affiliated with Seton Hall University
ITT Technical Institute ---2016-
Jersey City Junior College Jersey City --19291959Students transferred to Jersey City State College, now New Jersey City University
John Marshall College---1950Merged into Seton Hall University as their law school
Law School of South Jersey Camden -19201949Became part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Luther College of Bible Teaneck Private, Lutheran-affiliated-1978-
Maryknoll Junior College---1954-
Mother Savior Seminary---1961-
Mount Saint Mary College---1970-
Northeastern Bible College Essex Fells --19501990-
Panzer College of Physical Education Montclair ---1958Merged with Montclair State College, now Montclair State University
Saint Gabriel's College---1968-
Saint Joseph's College---1970-
Saint Michael's Monastery Union City --18691984-
Salesian College---1973-
Shelton College Cape May --19071971-
Tombrock College--19561976-
Touro University College of Medicine Hackensack 20072009-
Trenton Junior College & School of Industrial Arts--18981967Merged with Mercer County Community College
Union College--19331983Merged with Union County Technical Institute to become Union County College
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) New Brunswick, Newark, Camden, Stratford, Piscataway, and Scotch Plains Public19542013Most of UMDNJ merged with Rutgers University in 2012–13; the School of Osteopathic Medicine 2013 merged with Rowan.
University of Newark---1947Merged with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Upsala College East Orange and Wantage Private, Lutheran-affiliated18931995Financial issues
Westminster Choir College Princeton --19261992After financial problems, merged with Rider University, maintains name

See also

Notes

  1. Rutgers includes four campuses: the three traditional campuses of Rutgers-New Brunswick, Rutgers–Camden, and Rutgers–Newark; and a fourth "campus", Rutgers Health, a division oversees medical and health education at several locations statewide subsequent to the 2012–2013 merger between Rutgers and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Rutgers is a multi-campus university and not a university system. [12]
  2. formerly The Center for Allied Health and Nursing Education
  3. Number derived from addition of campus enrollment numbers. Edison: 843; [18] Mahwah: 743; [19] Moorestown: 919; [20] Paramus: 1012; [21] South Plainfield: 269; [22] Union: 1209 [20]

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