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The following is a '''list of [[college]]s and [[University|universities]]''' in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]].
The following is a '''list of [[college]]s and [[University|universities]]''' in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]].


New Jersey was the only British colony to permit the establishment of two [[Colonial Colleges|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 10 November 1766 as ''Queen's College'' were two of nine colleges founded before the American Revolution. In the 1860s, these two college competed to become the state's [[land grant university|land grant college]] under the terms of the [[Morrill Act of 1862]]. Rutgers received the designation in 1864 and began to expand development of engineering, scientific, agricultural, and military education at one school in each state. This would pave the way for its transformation into the state university in 1945. Princeton remained a private college and is presently one of the nation's eight [[Ivy League]] schools.
New Jersey was the only British colony to permit the establishment of two [[Colonial Colleges|colleges in the colonial period]]. [[Princeton University]], chartered in 1746 as the ''College of New Jersey'', and [Rutgers University|Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey]], chartered on 10 November 1766 as ''Queen's College'', were two of nine colleges founded before the American Revolution.<ref name="StoeckelColonialColleges">Stoeckel, Althea. [http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ConspectusH&CISOPTR=345&REC=1 "Presidents, professors, and politics: the colonial colleges and the American revolution"], ''Conspectus of History'' (1976) 1(3):45–56.</ref><ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/227/1613.html Chapter XXIII. Education. § 13. Colonial Colleges] in ''The Cambridge History of English and American Literature''. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907–1921; online edition, 2000).</ref><ref name="McCormickRutgers">McCormick, Richard P., ''Rutgers: A Bicentennial History'' (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1966).</ref>{{rp|passim.}} In the 1860s, these two college competed to become the state's [[land grant university|land grant college]] under the terms of the [[Morrill Act of 1862]]. Rutgers received the designation in 1864 and began to expand development of engineering, scientific, agricultural, and military education at one school in each state. This would pave the way for its transformation into the state university in 1945. Princeton remained a private college and is presently one of the nation's eight [[Ivy League]] schools.


==Public Research Universities==
==Public Research Universities==

Revision as of 18:43, 5 March 2014

Mead Hall was purchased by Daniel Drew in 1867, who donated it to start a Methodist theological seminary that became Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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 University|Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey]], chartered on 10 November 1766 as Queen's College, were two of nine colleges founded before the American Revolution.[1][2][3]: passim.  In the 1860s, these two college competed to become the state's land grant college under the terms of the Morrill Act of 1862. Rutgers received the designation in 1864 and began to expand development of engineering, scientific, agricultural, and military education at one school in each state. This would pave the way for its transformation into the state university in 1945. Princeton remained a private college and is presently one of the nation's eight Ivy League schools.

Public Research Universities

State Colleges and Universities

Independent Four-Year Colleges

Theological seminaries and rabbinical schools

Theological seminaries and rabbinical schools in New Jersey
School Location Founded Control Accreditation Notes
Beth Medrash Govoha Lakewood 1943 Private, Haredi Orthodox Judaism AARTS, NJCHE -
Drew Theological School Madison 1867 Private, affiliated with United Methodist Church ATS, MSA Founded as Methodist seminary, expanded into Drew University when liberal arts education added in 1928.
New Brunswick Theological Seminary New Brunswick 1784 Private, affiliated with Reformed Church in America ATS, MSA 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 Private, affiliated with Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ATS, MSA Second-oldest seminary in the United States, second largest theological library collection in the world, behind only the Vatican Apostolic Library in Vatican City
Rabbinical College of America Morristown 1973 Private, Jewish (Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic) - Rabbinical college, also offers orthodox day school for boys and girls and summer programs
Talmudical Academy of Central New Jersey Adelphia (Howell Township) 1972 Private, Orthodox Jewish - Includes an orthodox yeshiva high school and rabbinical college
Key
Abbreviation Accrediting agency
AARTS Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
ATS Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
MSA Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
NJCHE New Jersey Commission on Higher Education

Independent Religious Colleges

Proprietary Institutions with Degree-Granting Authority

County community colleges

Main article: List of New Jersey County Colleges

New Jersey has a system of 19 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 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's 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.[4]

Defunct institutions

List of defunct institutions in New Jersey
School Location Control Founded Closed Notes
Evelyn College for Women Princeton - - - -
Gibbs College Livingston - - - -
Touro University College of Medicine Hackensack - - - -
Upsala College East Orange, Wantage Private, Lutheran-affiliated 1893 1995 Financial issues
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) New Brunswick, Newark, Camden, Stratford Public - 2013 Merged with Rutgers University in 2012–13

See also

References

  1. ^ Stoeckel, Althea. "Presidents, professors, and politics: the colonial colleges and the American revolution", Conspectus of History (1976) 1(3):45–56.
  2. ^ Chapter XXIII. Education. § 13. Colonial Colleges in The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907–1921; online edition, 2000).
  3. ^ McCormick, Richard P., Rutgers: A Bicentennial History (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1966).
  4. ^ Union County College, [http://www.ucc.edu/AboutUCC/GeneralInformation/History.htm "About UCC - History". Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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