Total 411,702 Students Enrolled in New Jersey Colleges

411,702

Total

268,558

4-Year Colleges

128,247

Community Colleges

14,897

Trade Schools

A total of 411,702 students are enrolled in New Jersey colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

  • Student Level: There are 343,060 undergraduate and 68,648 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 83.33% and the proportion of graduate students is 16.67%.
  • Institution Level: 268,558 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 128,247 students enrolled in community colleges, and 14,897 students enrolled in trade schools.

New Jersey 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 65 New Jersey 4-year colleges, there are 268,558 students enrolled.

  • Institution Control: 187,279 (69.74%) students in public and 81,279 (30.26%) in private 4-year colleges.
  • Student Level: 199,916 (74.44%) undergraduate and 68,648 (25.56%) graduate students in New Jersey public 4-year colleges.
  • Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in New Jersey 4-year colleges, 53.18% are women (142,830) and 46.82% are men (125,728). This yields a ratio of approximately 88 male students for every 100 female students.
  • Online Enrollment: 17,434 (6.49%) undergraduate and 19,369 (7.21%) graduate students are enrolled online in New Jersey 4-year colleges.
  • Largest and Smallest: For New Jersey colleges, Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the most number of students of 52,269 among 4-year colleges. For New Jersey community colleges, Middlesex College has the most students of 12,044 and Lincoln Technical Institute-Union is the largest trade school with 1,785.

Student Population By School Level for New Jersey Colleges

By attending status, there are 280,981 full-time students and 130,689 part-time students at New Jersey colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between New Jersey colleges. A total of 411,702 students have enrolled in New Jersey colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between New Jersey Colleges
SchoolTotalUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Eastwick College-HackensackPrivate, 4-year1,1711,171822349---
Assumption College for SistersPrivate, 2-4 year30302010---
Atlantic Cape Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,0524,0521,6182,434---
Fortis Institute-WaynePrivate, Less than 2-year50250245547---
Bergen Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year11,72011,7205,8735,847---
Berkeley College-Woodland ParkPrivate, 4-year1,9961,9071,130777891871
Beth Medrash GovohaPrivate, 4-year9,6574,0273,2397885,6305,146484
Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityPublic, 4-year7997996951046--
Brookdale Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year9,9009,9004,1405,760---
Rowan College at Burlington CountyPublic, 2-4 year6,6206,6203,1303,490---
Caldwell UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,0051,6171,54473388134254
Camden County CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,6227,6223,3584,264---
Centenary UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,3989368686846216446
Adult and Continuing Education-BCTSPublic, Less than 2-year117117117----
Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinPrivate, Less than 2-year63863856375---
American Institute-CliftonPrivate, Less than 2-year778778487291---
County College of MorrisPublic, 2-4 year6,1316,1312,7113,420---
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusPublic, 2-4 year2,6862,6861,0751,611---
Drew UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,2321,6261,59432606266340
Lincoln Technical Institute-South PlainfieldPrivate, 2-4 year33533527164---
Essex County CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,0267,0263,3283,698---
Empire Beauty School-UnionPrivate, Less than 2-year1031036637---
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusPrivate, 4-year8,0455,6902,1573,5332,3559671,388
Felician UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,4271,8701,703167557165392
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusPrivate, 4-year2,8852,0121,92785873598275
Hohokus School of Trade and Technical SciencesPrivate, Less than 2-year14614612224---
Georgian Court UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,0131,6161,114502397181216
Rowan UniversityPublic, 4-year21,02616,10014,1871,9134,9263,1181,808
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusPublic, 2-4 year5,2185,2182,7112,507---
Empire Beauty School-Cherry HillPrivate, Less than 2-year1391398158---
Eastwick College-RamseyPrivate, 4-year1,2031,203660543---
Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of NursingPrivate, 2-4 year17817834144---
Hudson County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,7637,7633,9853,778---
New Jersey City UniversityPublic, 4-year5,4293,8713,3085631,5583001,258
Kean UniversityPublic, 4-year13,90511,75810,0011,7572,1471,1461,001
Lincoln Technical Institute-UnionPrivate, Less than 2-year1,7851,7851,785----
Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and WellnessPrivate, Less than 2-year346346125221---
Mercer County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,3946,3942,0804,314---
Middlesex CollegePublic, 2-4 year12,04412,0444,3787,666---
Monmouth UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,7673,7103,5941161,057550507
Montclair State UniversityPublic, 4-year23,37518,71217,2221,4904,6632,2272,436
JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder SchoolsPrivate, 2-4 year18818845143---
Eastwick College-NutleyPrivate, 2-4 year618618363255---
New Brunswick Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year129---1294584
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-West New YorkPrivate, Less than 2-year271271155116---
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyPublic, 4-year13,24710,2008,6051,5953,0472,0161,031
Ocean County CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,0957,0953,0434,052---
P B Cosmetology Education CenterPrivate, Less than 2-year12012010812---
Parisian Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year441441258183---
Passaic County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,7824,7821,7453,037---
Pennco Tech-BlackwoodPrivate, Less than 2-year875875628247---
Princeton Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year302---30226735
Princeton UniversityPrivate, 4-year9,1375,8135,726873,3243,3213
Rabbinical College of AmericaPrivate, 4-year194181181-1313-
Ramapo College of New JerseyPublic, 4-year5,9815,4444,539905537239298
Rider UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,0033,1452,984161858364494
Rutgers University-CamdenPublic, 4-year5,6753,8573,2615961,818933885
Rutgers University-New BrunswickPublic, 4-year52,26937,98536,6091,37614,2848,9425,342
Rutgers University-NewarkPublic, 4-year11,3157,9896,9581,0313,3261,6371,689
Capital Health School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year161616----
Capital Health School of NursingPrivate, 2-4 year666666----
Saint Peter's UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,5722,2632,0622011,309968341
Salem Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,1351,135498637---
Seton Hall UniversityPrivate, 4-year9,5716,1466,0031433,4251,6941,731
Shore Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year18818813652---
Saint Elizabeth UniversityPrivate, 4-year87156051644311188123
Raritan Valley Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,7626,7622,6984,064---
Stevens Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year8,4694,2364,169674,2332,7721,461
Stockton UniversityPublic, 4-year8,6317,5657,2662991,066440626
Talmudical Academy-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year727272----
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-TeterboroPrivate, 2-4 year695695503192---
Thomas Edison State UniversityPublic, 4-year7,5446,7751666,60976912757
The College of New JerseyPublic, 4-year8,1417,4357,267168706289417
UCNJ Union College of Union County, New JerseyPublic, 2-4 year8,3308,3303,7224,608---
William Paterson University of New JerseyPublic, 4-year9,9426,6475,2391,4083,2957492,546
Relay Graduate School of Education - NewarkPrivate, 4-year-------
Warren County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year944944374570---
Sussex County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,2472,2471,393854---
Morris County Vocational School DistrictPublic, Less than 2-year363636----
Empire Beauty School-BloomfieldPrivate, Less than 2-year16416410460---
Lincoln Technical Institute-MoorestownPrivate, Less than 2-year782782604178---
MCVSDPublic, Less than 2-year676767----
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North PlainfieldPrivate, Less than 2-year19019010288---
Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolPrivate, 4-year115115115----
Artistic Academy of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year888888----
Union County Vocational Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year888888----
Prism Career Institute-Cherry HillPrivate, Less than 2-year269269269----
Lincoln Technical Institute-MahwahPrivate, Less than 2-year1,0801,0801,05030---
Eastern International College-Jersey CityPrivate, 4-year495495368127---
Prism Career Institute-West Atlantic CityPrivate, Less than 2-year235235235----
Ocean County Vocational-Technical SchoolPublic, Less than 2-year497497497----
New Community Career & Technical InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year111111----
Pillar CollegePrivate, 4-year55651249319443311
Lincoln Technical Institute-ParamusPrivate, Less than 2-year49549539897---
P C Age-Jersey CityPrivate, Less than 2-year106106106----
PC AGE-MetroparkPrivate, Less than 2-year464646----
Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional MedicinePrivate, 4-year422-240373
Healthcare Training InstitutePrivate, 2-4 year48483414---
Bais Medrash Toras ChesedPrivate, 4-year132132132----
Yeshivas Be'er YitzchokPrivate, 4-year909090----
Yeshiva Toras ChaimPrivate, 4-year22722720819---
Strayer University-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year79670325678932865
Total Image Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year20420471133---
Jersey CollegePrivate, 2-4 year4,4784,4783,1041,374---
American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationPrivate, 2-4 year472472205267---
National Career InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year24924917871---
Keser Torah-Mayan HatalmudPrivate, 4-year5757534---
Best Care CollegePrivate, 2-4 year444444----
Fortis Institute-LawrencevillePrivate, Less than 2-year373373373----
ASI Career InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year626262----
Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year353353189164---
Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron LeymaPrivate, 4-year474747----
MCI Institute of NJPrivate, 2-4 year150150150----
Universal Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year158158158----
Yeshiva Yesodei HatorahPrivate, 4-year767676----
Center for the Healing ArtsPrivate, Less than 2-year39392217---
DeVry University-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year67624319541
American Institute-Toms RiverPrivate, 2-4 year484484301183---
Innovate Salon AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year288288176112---
Chamberlain University-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year1,2261,226453773---
American Institute of Alternative MedicinePrivate, Less than 2-year3232-----
Garden State Science and Technology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year917917532385---
Beth Medrash of Asbury ParkPrivate, 4-year124124124----
Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei ShmuelPrivate, 4-year150150150----
Mobile Technical TrainingPrivate, Less than 2-year313131----
Cutting Edge AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year99997227---
Yeshiva Bais AharonPrivate, 4-year252525----
Bais Medrash Mayan HatorahPrivate, 4-year383838----
American Institute-SomersetPrivate, 2-4 year364364223141---
Advantage Career InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year16116112041---
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchPrivate, 4-year818181----
Yeshiva Chemdas HatorahPrivate, 4-year727272----
Yeshiva Gedolah Keren HatorahPrivate, 4-year181181181----
Yeshiva Gedolah of CliffwoodPrivate, 4-year303030----
Yeshivas Emek HatorahPrivate, 4-year101101101----
Seminary Bnos ChaimPrivate, 2-4 year18218216715---
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes YerachmielPrivate, 4-year177177177----
Innovate Salon AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year17417412450---
Universal Technical Institute-BloomfieldPrivate, 2-4 year1,4281,4281,428----
Pro Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year67673235---
Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake VillagePrivate, 4-year878787----
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov YitzchokPrivate, 4-year727272----
Jersey College - EwingPrivate, 2-4 year-------
Rabbinical Seminary Mkor ChaimPrivate, 4-year969696----
American InstitutePrivate, 2-4 year-------
Monmouth University - Monmouth Park Corporate CenterPrivate, 4-year-------
Bard College - BHSEC NewarkPrivate, 2-4 year-------
Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult EducationPublic, Less than 2-year24124149192---
American Institute-Cherry HillPrivate, Less than 2-year390390263127---
Salon Professional AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year23723719344---
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine - New JerseyPrivate, 4-year-------
Burlington County Institute of Technology - Adult Education -Public, Less than 2-year-------
Innovate Salon AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year21921916752---