List of colleges and universities in New Jersey

As of 2014^[update], 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]

Old Queens, the oldest building at Rutgers University

Mead Hall at Drew University

Graduate College at Princeton University

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

Abbreviation	Accrediting 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

School	Location	Founded	Control[10]	Type[10]	Enrollment	Accrediting or approving agency
The College of New Jersey	Ewing Township	1855	Public	Master's	6,964	MSCHE
Kean University	Union and Hillside	1855	Public	Doctoral/Professional Universities	16,000+	MSCHE
Montclair State University	Montclair, Little Falls, and Bloomfield	1908	Public	Research university	21,115 [11]	MSCHE
New Jersey City University	Jersey City	1927	Public	Master's	8,550	MSCHE
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark	1881	Public	Research university	11,652	MSCHE
Ramapo College	Mahwah	1969	Public	Master's	5,200	MSCHE
Rowan University	Glassboro, Camden, and Stratford	1923	Public	Research university	22,484	MSCHE
Rutgers University[lower-alpha 1]	New Brunswick, Piscataway, Camden, and Newark	1766	Public	Research university	65,000+	MSCHE
Stockton University	Galloway and Atlantic City	1969	Public	Master's	8,111	MSCHE
Thomas Edison State University	Trenton	1972	Public	Master's	8,248[13]	MSCHE
William Paterson University	Wayne	1855	Public	Master's	10,250	MSCHE

Private colleges and universities

School	Location	Founded	Control[10]	Type[10]	Enrollment	Accrediting or approving agency
Caldwell University	Caldwell	1939	Private	Master's	2,284[14]	MSCHE
Centenary University	Hackettstown, Long Valley, Parsippany, and Edison	1867	Private	Master's	3,000+	MSCHE
Drew University	Madison	1867	Private	Master's	2,369	MSCHE
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Madison, Florham Park, Teaneck, and Hackensack	1942	Private	Master's	12,000+	MSCHE
Felician University	Lodi and Rutherford	1942	Private	Master's	2,040	MSCHE
Georgian Court University	Lakewood	1908	Private	Master's	1,772	MSCHE
Monmouth University	West Long Branch	1933	Private	Master's	6,494	MSCHE
Princeton University	Princeton	1746	Private	Research university	8,010	MSCHE
Rider University	Lawrence	1865	Private	Master's	5,790	MSCHE
Saint Elizabeth University	Morris Twp. and Florham Park	1899	Private	Master's	2,044	MSCHE
St. Peter's University	Jersey City	1872	Private	Master's	2,987	MSCHE
Seton Hall University	South Orange, Newark, and Nutley	1856	Private	Research university	9,745	MSCHE
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken	1870	Private	Research university	5,260	MSCHE

County community colleges

Sussex County's freeholders purchased Don Bosco College, a Roman Catholic seminary, for its community college campus in 1989.

Main article: List of New Jersey County Colleges

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 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.^[15]

For-profit institutions

School	Location	Founded	Control[10]	Type[10]	Enrollment	Accrediting or approving agency
Berkeley College	Newark, Woodland Park, Woodbridge, and New York City	1931	Proprietary (for-profit)	Special focus institution	2,625[16]	MSCHE
DeVry University	North Brunswick	1931	Proprietary (for-profit)	Baccalaureate Associate's	90,000[lower-alpha 2]	-
Divers Academy International	Erial	1977	Private	Certifications	268
Eastern International College	Jersey City and Belleville	-	Proprietary (for-profit)	Not classified	-	ACCSCT
Eastwick College	Ramsey, Hackensack, Paterson, and Nutley	1985	Proprietary (for-profit)	Not classified	-	ACICS
Jersey College[lower-alpha 3]	Teterboro, Ewing, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Fort Lauderdale	-	Proprietary (for-profit)	College of nursing	-	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	1947	Proprietary (for-profit)	Baccalaureate Associate's	3,995[lower-alpha 4]	ACICS
Strayer University	Cherry Hill	1892	Proprietary (for-profit)	Master's	54,325[lower-alpha 5]	MSCHE
University of Phoenix	Jersey City	-	Proprietary (for-profit)	Special focus institution	-	HLC

Independent religious schools

Religious colleges

School	Location	Founded	Control[10]	Type[10]	Enrollment	Accrediting or approving agency
Assumption College for Sisters	Denville	1953	Private	Associates	40[23]	MSCHE, NJCHE
Pillar College	Zarephath (Franklin Twp.) and Newark	1908	Private	Special focus institution	241[24]	MSCHE

Christian theological seminaries

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

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Accrediting or approving agency	Notes
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

School	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Accrediting or approving agency	Notes
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed	Lakewood	-	-	AARTS	-
Beth Medrash Govoha	Lakewood	1943	Haredi Orthodox Judaism	AARTS	-
Mesivta Keser Torah	Belmar	-	-	AARTS	-
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School	Edison and New York City	-	-	AARTS	-
Rabbinical College of America	Morristown	1973	Jewish (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	1972	Orthodox Jewish	AARTS	Includes an orthodox yeshiva high school and rabbinical college
Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok	Elizabeth	-	-	AARTS	-
Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Leyma	Linden	-	-	(pending)	-
Yeshiva Toras Chaim	Lakewood	-	-	AARTS	-
Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah	Lakewood	-	-	AARTS	-

Defunct institutions

List of defunct institutions in New Jersey

School	Location	Control	Founded	Closed	Notes
Alma White College	Zarephath (Franklin Twp.)	-	1921	1978	-
Alphonsus College	-	-	-	1974	-
Bayonne Junior College	Bayonne	-	-	1951	-
Junior College of Bergen County	Teaneck	-	1933|	1954 Teaneck	Merged with Fairleigh Dickinson University
College of South Jersey	Camden	-	1926	1950	Merged with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to become Rutgers University-Camden
Don Bosco College	Newton	-	1928	1990	Campus sold to County of Sussex to house Sussex County Community College
Englewood Cliffs College	Englewood Cliffs	-	1962	1974	-
Essex Junior College	-	-	-	1937	-
Evelyn College for Women	Princeton	-	1887	1897	-
Gibbs College	Livingston, Boston, Norwalk, Tysons Corner, and Cranston	-	1911	1997	-
Immaculate Conception Seminary	South Orange -	-	1861	1986	Now Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, affiliated with Seton Hall University
ITT Technical Institute	-	-	-	2016	-
Jersey City Junior College	Jersey City -	-	1929	1959	Students transferred to Jersey City State College, now New Jersey City University
John Marshall College	-	-	-	1950	Merged into Seton Hall University as their law school
Law School of South Jersey	Camden	-	1920	1949	Became 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 -	-	1950	1990	-
Panzer College of Physical Education	Montclair -	-	-	1958	Merged with Montclair State College, now Montclair State University
Saint Gabriel's College	-	-	-	1968	-
Saint Joseph's College	-	-	-	1970	-
Saint Michael's Monastery	Union City -	-	1869	1984	-
Salesian College	-	-	-	1973	-
Shelton College	Cape May -	-	1907	1971	-
Tombrock College	-	-	1956	1976	-
Touro University College of Medicine	Hackensack		2007	2009	-
Trenton Junior College & School of Industrial Arts	-	-	1898	1967	Merged with Mercer County Community College
Union College	-	-	1933	1983	Merged 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	Public	1954	2013	Most of UMDNJ merged with Rutgers University in 2012–13; the School of Osteopathic Medicine 2013 merged with Rowan.
University of Newark	-	-	-	1947	Merged with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Upsala College	East Orange and Wantage	Private, Lutheran-affiliated	1893	1995	Financial issues
Villa Walsh Academy	Morristown -	-	-	1971	-
Westminster Choir College	Princeton -	-	1926	1992	After financial problems, merged with Rider University, maintains name

See also

• New Jersey portal

• New Jersey County Colleges
• Higher education in New Jersey
• Higher education in the United States
• List of American institutions of higher education
• List of college athletic programs in New Jersey
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country
• New Jersey student loan program^[25]

References

Notes

1. Rutgers includes four campuses: the three traditional campuses of Rutgers-New Brunswick, Rutgers–Camden, and Rutgers–Newark; and a fourth "campus", Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, 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. as a for-profit institution without a traditional academic residency or campus, DeVry offers courses nationwide through online instruction and distance learning. This number does not reflect students in residence on a campus or enrolled for classes in New Jersey.
3. formerly The Center for Allied Health and Nursing Education
4. Number derived from addition of campus enrollment numbers. Edison: 843;^[17] Mahwah: 743;^[18] Moorestown: 919;^[19] Paramus: 1012;^[20] South Plainfield: 269;^[21] Union: 1209^[19]
5. as a for-profit institution without a traditional academic residency or campus, Strayer, based in Washington DC, offers courses nationwide through online instruction and distance learning. This number does not reflect students in residence on a campus or enrolled for classes in New Jersey.^[22]

Citations

1. New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. New Jersey College & University Directory by Sector (updated April 1, 2014). Retrieved April 8, 2014.
2. "College Navigator". National Center for Education Statistics. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
3. Stoeckel, Althea. "Presidents, professors, and politics: the colonial colleges and the American revolution", Conspectus of History (1976) 1(3):45–56.
4. Chapter XXIII. Education. § 13. Colonial Colleges in The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907–1921; online edition, 2000).
5. McCormick, Richard P., Rutgers: A Bicentennial History (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1966).
6. State of New Jersey, New Jersey State Legislature, A.3102/S.2063: "New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act" (second reprint), later codified as P.L. 2012, c.45. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
7. State of New Jersey, Office of the Governor. "Governor Christie Signs Historic Legislation to Reorganize and Secure Future of New Jersey's Higher Education System" (press release), August 22, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
8. Heyboer, Kelly, and DeMarco, Megan, "Gov. Christie signs N.J. higher education merger bill", The Star-Ledger, August 22, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
9. American Bar Association. "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". Retrieved April 8, 2014.
10. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education: Institution Lookup Archived May 11, 2014, at Archive-It. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
11. "College Navigator - Montclair State University".
12. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, "Our Campuses". Retrieved April 6, 2014.
13. "College Navigator - Thomas Edison State University".
14. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Institution Profile: Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey, Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
15. Union County College, "About UCC - History". Retrieved 5 March 2014. Archived October 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
16. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Institution Profile: Berkeley College-Woodland Park, Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
17. Lincoln Technical Institute at Edison. , Lincoln Technical Institute at Edison. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
18. Lincoln Technical Institute at Mahwah. Lincoln Technical Institute at Mahwah. Retrieved 05 August 2014.
19. Lincoln Technical Institute at Moorestown. Lincoln Technical Institute at Mooreswtown. Retrieved 05 August 2014.
20. Lincoln Technical Institute at Paramus. Lincoln Technical Institute at Paramus. Retrieved 05 August 2014.
21. Lincoln Technical Institute at South Plainfield. Lincoln Technical Institute at South Plainfield. Retrieved 05 August 2014.
22. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Institution Profile: Strayer University, Washington, DC, Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
23. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Institution Profile: Assumption College for Sisters, Mendham, New Jersey, Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
24. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Institution Profile: Pillar College (Somerset Christian College, Zarephath, New Jersey), Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
25. "New Jersey State Loans" Retrieved 2016-07-03

External links

• College & University Directory by Sector from New Jersey Commission on Higher Education