A total of 358,455 students are enrolled in New Jersey colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In New Jersey colleges and universites, 15,977 students are 18 years old or younger(4.46%), 90,481 students are 18 or 19 years old (25.24%), 86,952 students are between 20 and 22 years old (24.26%), 63,728 students are between 22 and 24 years old (17.78%), and 42,365 students are between 25 and 29 years old (11.82%).
34,413 students are between 30 and 39 years old (9.60%), 15,647 students are between 40 and 49 years old (4.37%), 8,533 students are 50 years old or older (2.38%).
In New Jersey 4-year colleges and universites, 4,485 students are 18 years old or younger(1.87%), 59,270 students are 18 or 19 years old (24.73%), 63,501 students are between 20 and 22 years old (26.49%), 46,635 students are between 22 and 24 years old (19.46%), 28,904 students are between 25 and 29 years old (12.06%), 21,319 students are between 30 and 39 years old (8.89%), 9,979 students are between 40 and 49 years old (4.16%), 5,541 students are 50 years old or older (2.31%)
In New Jersey community colleges, there are 40,719 students are younger than 20 years old (36.93%), 37,529 students are between 20 and 24 years old (34.04%), 12,006 students are between 25 and 29 years old (10.89%), and 19,712 students are 30 years old or older (17.88%).
In New Jersey trade schools, there are 1,984 students are younger than 20 years old (23.34%), 3,015 students are between 20 and 24 years old (35.46%), 1,455 students are between 25 and 29 years old (17.11%), and 2,042 students are 30 years old or older (24.02%).
| Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 358,455 | 15,977 (4.46%) |
90,481 (25.24%) |
86,952 (24.26%) |
63,728 (17.78%) |
42,365 (11.82%) |
34,413 (9.60%) |
15,647 (4.37%) |
8,533 (2.38%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 239,697 | 4,485 (1.87%) |
59,270 (24.73%) |
63,501 (26.49%) |
46,635 (19.46%) |
28,904 (12.06%) |
21,319 (8.89%) |
9,979 (4.16%) |
5,541 (2.31%) |
| Community Colleges | 110,256 | 11,466 (10.40%) |
29,253 (26.53%) |
21,874 (19.84%) |
15,655 (14.20%) |
12,006 (10.89%) |
11,726 (10.64%) |
5,169 (4.69%) |
2,817 (2.55%) |
| Trade Schools | 8,502 | 26 (0.31%) |
1,958 (23.03%) |
1,577 (18.55%) |
1,438 (16.91%) |
1,455 (17.11%) |
1,368 (16.09%) |
499 (5.87%) |
175 (2.06%) |
The following table compares student population by age between New Jersey colleges. A total of 358,455 students have enrolled in New Jersey colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastwick College-HackensackPrivate, 4-year | 1,171 | 1 (0.09%) |
205 (17.51%) |
50 (4.27%) | 107 (9.14%) |
170 (14.52%) |
309 (26.39%) |
218 (18.62%) | 111 (9.48%) |
| Atlantic Cape Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,052 | 129 (3.18%) |
1,103 (27.22%) |
833 (20.56%) | 638 (15.75%) |
499 (12.31%) |
529 (13.06%) |
186 (4.59%) | 135 (3.33%) |
| Bergen Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 11,720 | 515 (4.39%) |
3,210 (27.39%) |
2,870 (24.49%) | 1,982 (16.91%) |
1,333 (11.37%) |
1,028 (8.77%) |
402 (3.43%) | 225 (1.92%) |
| Berkeley College-Woodland ParkPrivate, 4-year | 1,996 | 51 (2.56%) |
239 (11.97%) |
209 (10.47%) | 311 (15.58%) |
364 (18.24%) |
497 (24.90%) |
239 (11.97%) | 77 (3.86%) |
| Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 799 | 23 (2.88%) |
248 (31.04%) |
266 (33.29%) | 163 (20.40%) |
46 (5.76%) |
42 (5.26%) |
5 (0.63%) | 6 (0.75%) |
| Brookdale Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,900 | 1,815 (18.33%) |
3,202 (32.34%) |
1,868 (18.87%) | 1,128 (11.39%) |
775 (7.83%) |
648 (6.55%) |
245 (2.47%) | 199 (2.01%) |
| Caldwell UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,005 | 44 (2.19%) |
743 (37.06%) |
543 (27.08%) | 326 (16.26%) |
159 (7.93%) |
91 (4.54%) |
59 (2.94%) | 31 (1.55%) |
| Camden County CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,622 | 407 (5.34%) |
1,802 (23.64%) |
1,404 (18.42%) | 1,163 (15.26%) |
970 (12.73%) |
1,100 (14.43%) |
474 (6.22%) | 302 (3.96%) |
| Centenary UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,398 | 5 (0.36%) |
285 (20.39%) |
376 (26.90%) | 222 (15.88%) |
95 (6.80%) |
138 (9.87%) |
157 (11.23%) | 111 (7.94%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinPrivate, Less than 2-year | 638 | 3 (0.47%) |
107 (16.77%) |
104 (16.30%) | 133 (20.85%) |
120 (18.81%) |
111 (17.40%) |
47 (7.37%) | 13 (2.04%) |
| County College of MorrisPublic, 2-4 year | 6,131 | 369 (6.02%) |
1,850 (30.17%) |
1,475 (24.06%) | 981 (16.00%) |
660 (10.76%) |
481 (7.85%) |
165 (2.69%) | 150 (2.45%) |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusPublic, 2-4 year | 2,686 | 519 (19.32%) |
739 (27.51%) |
494 (18.39%) | 294 (10.95%) |
258 (9.61%) |
239 (8.90%) |
103 (3.83%) | 40 (1.49%) |
| Drew UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,232 | 4 (0.18%) |
644 (28.85%) |
670 (30.02%) | 308 (13.80%) |
120 (5.38%) |
144 (6.45%) |
149 (6.68%) | 193 (8.65%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-South PlainfieldPrivate, 2-4 year | 335 | 1 (0.30%) |
105 (31.34%) |
57 (17.01%) | 63 (18.81%) |
58 (17.31%) |
31 (9.25%) |
15 (4.48%) | 5 (1.49%) |
| Empire Beauty School-UnionPrivate, Less than 2-year | 103 | - | 19 (18.45%) |
17 (16.50%) | 14 (13.59%) |
26 (25.24%) |
16 (15.53%) |
8 (7.77%) | 3 (2.91%) |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusPrivate, 4-year | 8,045 | 1,529 (19.01%) |
2,374 (29.51%) |
908 (11.29%) | 859 (10.68%) |
602 (7.48%) |
823 (10.23%) |
617 (7.67%) | 318 (3.95%) |
| Felician UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,427 | 68 (2.80%) |
555 (22.87%) |
486 (20.02%) | 501 (20.64%) |
291 (11.99%) |
288 (11.87%) |
155 (6.39%) | 83 (3.42%) |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusPrivate, 4-year | 2,885 | 9 (0.31%) |
854 (29.60%) |
753 (26.10%) | 660 (22.88%) |
308 (10.68%) |
157 (5.44%) |
93 (3.22%) | 50 (1.73%) |
| Georgian Court UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,013 | 208 (10.33%) |
356 (17.69%) |
405 (20.12%) | 499 (24.79%) |
273 (13.56%) |
119 (5.91%) |
88 (4.37%) | 55 (2.73%) |
| Rowan UniversityPublic, 4-year | 21,026 | 446 (2.12%) |
5,563 (26.46%) |
5,692 (27.07%) | 4,420 (21.02%) |
2,615 (12.44%) |
1,339 (6.37%) |
636 (3.02%) | 315 (1.50%) |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusPublic, 2-4 year | 5,218 | 735 (14.09%) |
1,681 (32.22%) |
1,081 (20.72%) | 661 (12.67%) |
485 (9.29%) |
335 (6.42%) |
163 (3.12%) | 75 (1.44%) |
| Empire Beauty School-Cherry HillPrivate, Less than 2-year | 139 | - | 29 (20.86%) |
25 (17.99%) | 31 (22.30%) |
21 (15.11%) |
29 (20.86%) |
3 (2.16%) | 1 (0.72%) |
| Eastwick College-RamseyPrivate, 4-year | 1,203 | - | 74 (6.15%) |
132 (10.97%) | 206 (17.12%) |
277 (23.03%) |
286 (23.77%) |
159 (13.22%) | 69 (5.74%) |
| Hudson County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,763 | 787 (10.14%) |
1,535 (19.77%) |
1,529 (19.70%) | 1,212 (15.61%) |
984 (12.68%) |
1,066 (13.73%) |
441 (5.68%) | 195 (2.51%) |
| Kean UniversityPublic, 4-year | 13,905 | 225 (1.62%) |
3,033 (21.81%) |
3,539 (25.45%) | 3,234 (23.26%) |
1,792 (12.89%) |
1,221 (8.78%) |
546 (3.93%) | 315 (2.27%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-UnionPrivate, Less than 2-year | 1,785 | 7 (0.39%) |
663 (37.14%) |
409 (22.91%) | 281 (15.74%) |
215 (12.04%) |
149 (8.35%) |
44 (2.46%) | 17 (0.95%) |
| Mercer County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,394 | 552 (8.63%) |
1,669 (26.10%) |
1,322 (20.68%) | 990 (15.48%) |
739 (11.56%) |
667 (10.43%) |
271 (4.24%) | 184 (2.88%) |
| Middlesex CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 12,044 | 2,930 (24.33%) |
3,357 (27.87%) |
2,283 (18.96%) | 1,461 (12.13%) |
914 (7.59%) |
679 (5.64%) |
268 (2.23%) | 149 (1.24%) |
| Monmouth UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,767 | 31 (0.65%) |
1,558 (32.68%) |
1,710 (35.87%) | 791 (16.59%) |
290 (6.08%) |
192 (4.03%) |
103 (2.16%) | 92 (1.93%) |
| Montclair State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 23,375 | 201 (0.86%) |
6,520 (27.89%) |
7,082 (30.30%) | 4,948 (21.17%) |
2,307 (9.87%) |
1,382 (5.91%) |
628 (2.69%) | 307 (1.31%) |
| Eastwick College-NutleyPrivate, 2-4 year | 618 | - | 122 (19.74%) |
114 (18.45%) | 108 (17.48%) |
139 (22.49%) |
87 (14.08%) |
40 (6.47%) | 8 (1.29%) |
| New Brunswick Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 129 | - | - | - | 2 (1.55%) |
6 (4.65%) |
11 (8.53%) |
26 (20.16%) | 84 (65.12%) |
| Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-West New YorkPrivate, Less than 2-year | 271 | 1 (0.37%) |
53 (19.56%) |
45 (16.61%) | 40 (14.76%) |
43 (15.87%) |
53 (19.56%) |
18 (6.64%) | 18 (6.64%) |
| New Jersey Institute of TechnologyPublic, 4-year | 13,247 | 728 (5.50%) |
3,134 (23.66%) |
3,365 (25.40%) | 3,269 (24.68%) |
1,744 (13.17%) |
784 (5.92%) |
154 (1.16%) | 63 (0.48%) |
| Ocean County CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,095 | 1,019 (14.36%) |
2,146 (30.25%) |
1,525 (21.49%) | 855 (12.05%) |
602 (8.48%) |
554 (7.81%) |
253 (3.57%) | 140 (1.97%) |
| Parisian Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 441 | - | 83 (18.82%) |
75 (17.01%) | 91 (20.63%) |
108 (24.49%) |
62 (14.06%) |
17 (3.85%) | 5 (1.13%) |
| Passaic County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,782 | 266 (5.56%) |
1,218 (25.47%) |
953 (19.93%) | 803 (16.79%) |
619 (12.94%) |
560 (11.71%) |
241 (5.04%) | 120 (2.51%) |
| Princeton UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 9,137 | 44 (0.48%) |
1,826 (19.98%) |
2,705 (29.60%) | 1,964 (21.50%) |
1,865 (20.41%) |
684 (7.49%) |
44 (0.48%) | 5 (0.05%) |
| Ramapo College of New JerseyPublic, 4-year | 5,981 | 389 (6.50%) |
1,846 (30.86%) |
1,732 (28.96%) | 1,195 (19.98%) |
400 (6.69%) |
212 (3.54%) |
107 (1.79%) | 100 (1.67%) |
| Rider UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,003 | 2 (0.05%) |
1,211 (30.25%) |
1,269 (31.70%) | 761 (19.01%) |
352 (8.79%) |
213 (5.32%) |
118 (2.95%) | 74 (1.85%) |
| Rutgers University-CamdenPublic, 4-year | 5,675 | 77 (1.36%) |
850 (14.98%) |
1,164 (20.51%) | 1,301 (22.93%) |
956 (16.85%) |
790 (13.92%) |
364 (6.41%) | 173 (3.05%) |
| Rutgers University-New BrunswickPublic, 4-year | 52,269 | 113 (0.22%) |
13,951 (26.69%) |
16,700 (31.95%) | 9,884 (18.91%) |
6,114 (11.70%) |
3,663 (7.01%) |
1,229 (2.35%) | 615 (1.18%) |
| Rutgers University-NewarkPublic, 4-year | 11,315 | 70 (0.62%) |
2,646 (23.38%) |
2,407 (21.27%) | 2,407 (21.27%) |
1,727 (15.26%) |
1,273 (11.25%) |
497 (4.39%) | 288 (2.55%) |
| Saint Peter's UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,572 | 90 (2.52%) |
860 (24.08%) |
780 (21.84%) | 668 (18.70%) |
625 (17.50%) |
298 (8.34%) |
166 (4.65%) | 84 (2.35%) |
| Salem Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,135 | 193 (17.00%) |
275 (24.23%) |
141 (12.42%) | 133 (11.72%) |
134 (11.81%) |
166 (14.63%) |
57 (5.02%) | 35 (3.08%) |
| Seton Hall UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 9,571 | 84 (0.88%) |
2,866 (29.94%) |
2,656 (27.75%) | 1,727 (18.04%) |
854 (8.92%) |
659 (6.89%) |
382 (3.99%) | 343 (3.58%) |
| Raritan Valley Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,762 | 884 (13.07%) |
1,929 (28.53%) |
1,335 (19.74%) | 915 (13.53%) |
597 (8.83%) |
556 (8.22%) |
273 (4.04%) | 181 (2.68%) |
| Stockton UniversityPublic, 4-year | 8,631 | 11 (0.13%) |
2,312 (26.79%) |
2,885 (33.43%) | 1,953 (22.63%) |
720 (8.34%) |
426 (4.94%) |
218 (2.53%) | 106 (1.23%) |
| Thomas Edison State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 7,544 | 4 (0.05%) |
31 (0.41%) |
182 (2.41%) | 585 (7.75%) |
1,443 (19.13%) |
2,799 (37.10%) |
1,596 (21.16%) | 904 (11.98%) |
| The College of New JerseyPublic, 4-year | 8,141 | 7 (0.09%) |
3,044 (37.39%) |
3,269 (40.15%) | 1,255 (15.42%) |
234 (2.87%) |
171 (2.10%) |
101 (1.24%) | 60 (0.74%) |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New JerseyPublic, 2-4 year | 8,330 | 137 (1.64%) |
2,007 (24.09%) |
1,680 (20.17%) | 1,405 (16.87%) |
1,141 (13.70%) |
1,180 (14.17%) |
547 (6.57%) | 233 (2.80%) |
| William Paterson University of New JerseyPublic, 4-year | 9,942 | 21 (0.21%) |
1,433 (14.41%) |
1,499 (15.08%) | 1,917 (19.28%) |
1,793 (18.03%) |
1,871 (18.82%) |
945 (9.51%) | 463 (4.66%) |
| Warren County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 944 | 103 (10.91%) |
318 (33.69%) |
149 (15.78%) | 127 (13.45%) |
82 (8.69%) |
88 (9.32%) |
50 (5.30%) | 27 (2.86%) |
| Sussex County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,247 | 105 (4.67%) |
881 (39.21%) |
522 (23.23%) | 261 (11.62%) |
171 (7.61%) |
167 (7.43%) |
81 (3.60%) | 59 (2.63%) |
| Empire Beauty School-BloomfieldPrivate, Less than 2-year | 164 | - | 36 (21.95%) |
32 (19.51%) | 27 (16.46%) |
39 (23.78%) |
26 (15.85%) |
3 (1.83%) | 1 (0.61%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-MoorestownPrivate, Less than 2-year | 782 | - | 74 (9.46%) |
114 (14.58%) | 136 (17.39%) |
180 (23.02%) |
198 (25.32%) |
62 (7.93%) | 18 (2.30%) |
| Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North PlainfieldPrivate, Less than 2-year | 190 | - | 43 (22.63%) |
39 (20.53%) | 30 (15.79%) |
31 (16.32%) |
35 (18.42%) |
11 (5.79%) | 1 (0.53%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-MahwahPrivate, Less than 2-year | 1,080 | 3 (0.28%) |
367 (33.98%) |
287 (26.57%) | 177 (16.39%) |
134 (12.41%) |
83 (7.69%) |
23 (2.13%) | 6 (0.56%) |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year | 497 | - | 228 (45.88%) |
96 (19.32%) | 60 (12.07%) |
41 (8.25%) |
40 (8.05%) |
24 (4.83%) | 7 (1.41%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-ParamusPrivate, Less than 2-year | 495 | 2 (0.40%) |
54 (10.91%) |
98 (19.80%) | 99 (20.00%) |
93 (18.79%) |
92 (18.59%) |
39 (7.88%) | 18 (3.64%) |
| Jersey CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 4,478 | - | 104 (2.32%) |
239 (5.34%) | 475 (10.61%) |
846 (18.89%) |
1,565 (34.95%) |
894 (19.96%) | 355 (7.93%) |
| ASI Career InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 62 | - | 1 (1.61%) |
8 (12.90%) | 17 (27.42%) |
5 (8.06%) |
14 (22.58%) |
12 (19.35%) | 5 (8.06%) |
| Universal Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 158 | - | 2 (1.27%) |
12 (7.59%) | 10 (6.33%) |
22 (13.92%) |
53 (33.54%) |
40 (25.32%) | 19 (12.03%) |
| DeVry University-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year | 67 | - | 1 (1.49%) |
4 (5.97%) | 6 (8.96%) |
17 (25.37%) |
26 (38.81%) |
11 (16.42%) | 2 (2.99%) |
| Innovate Salon AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 288 | 2 (0.69%) |
69 (23.96%) |
53 (18.40%) | 55 (19.10%) |
55 (19.10%) |
34 (11.81%) |
15 (5.21%) | 5 (1.74%) |
| Chamberlain University-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year | 1,226 | - | 8 (0.65%) |
63 (5.14%) | 186 (15.17%) |
345 (28.14%) |
411 (33.52%) |
169 (13.78%) | 44 (3.59%) |
| Garden State Science and Technology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 917 | 3 (0.33%) |
29 (3.16%) |
63 (6.87%) | 137 (14.94%) |
236 (25.74%) |
303 (33.04%) |
113 (12.32%) | 28 (3.05%) |
| Cutting Edge AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 99 | 1 (1.01%) |
21 (21.21%) |
22 (22.22%) | 15 (15.15%) |
20 (20.20%) |
13 (13.13%) |
6 (6.06%) | 1 (1.01%) |
| Innovate Salon AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 174 | 2 (1.15%) |
32 (18.39%) |
31 (17.82%) | 34 (19.54%) |
36 (20.69%) |
31 (17.82%) |
6 (3.45%) | 2 (1.15%) |
| Innovate Salon AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 219 | 2 (0.91%) |
48 (21.92%) |
47 (21.46%) | 51 (23.29%) |
30 (13.70%) |
26 (11.87%) |
8 (3.65%) | 7 (3.20%) |