The top city with the most 4-year colleges in New Jersey is Lakewood, NJ with a total of 17 colleges with 13,366 students enrolled.While Lakewood has the most individual colleges, it is not the city with the most students. New Brunswick has the largest student population with 52,398 students enrolled (2 colleges) in New Jersey. You can check the largets cities by student population in New Jersey here.
The largest college in Lakewood is Colorado Christian University with 9,951 students enrolled.
Other top cities in New Jersey include
- Newark, NJ (7 colleges, 32,155 students). The top college in Newark is University of Delaware with 24,412 students.
- Jersey City, NJ (6 colleges, 18,282 students). The most prominent college in Jersey City is New Jersey City University with 5,429 students.
- Union, NJ (5 colleges, 15,888 students). The largest college in Union is Kean University with 13,905 students.
- Bloomfield, NJ (4 colleges, 2,433 students). The most prominent college in Bloomfield is Bloomfield College of Montclair State University with 799 students.
- Paramus, NJ (3 colleges, 12,295 students). .
- Edison, NJ (3 colleges, 12,226 students). The largest college in Edison is Rabbi Jacob Joseph School with 115 students.
- Wayne, NJ (3 colleges, 10,797 students). The top college in Wayne is William Paterson University of New Jersey with 9,942 students.
- Ewing, NJ (3 colleges, 8,315 students). The biggest institution in Ewing is The College of New Jersey with 8,141 students.
- Toms River, NJ (3 colleges, 8,076 students). .
New Jersey Cities with Most Colleges
The following table lists cities with the most number of 4-year colleges in New Jersey, including the total number of schools, total enrollment, undergraduate and graduate students
, along with the distribution of men and women students across institutions. Click on any city to explore detailed information about colleges in that area. Each page also includes information about community colleges and trade schoools in the metropolitan region and nearby cities.