Colleges in New Jersey

New Jersey, the Garden State, offers 31 four-year colleges and universities, 19 county colleges, 9 rabbinical schools and theological seminaries and numerous training academies, and nine proprietary schools. The State of New Jersey Commission on Higher Education sustains the colleges and universities to be among the best in the world. New Jersey has the unique distinction of housing two colleges established before the Declaration of Independence, the now Princeton University and Rutgers University.

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Rutgers University, The College of New Jersey and Princeton University are ranked by a nationally recognized college review as among the Best Northeastern Colleges. US News & World Report list of America’s Best Colleges has ranked Princeton University and Rutgers University on their list of Top Schools.