Published
May 14, 2013
Community colleges do not traditionally boast high completion rates, but there are many ideas in the works at schools across the country to bring those rates up. We look at a few that are making headlines today.
Town
|
College
|
# Students
|
Belleville |
Eastern International College (Belleville) (Private for-profit) |
200 |
Blackwood |
Camden County College (Public) |
15,271 |
Branchburg |
Raritan Valley Community College (Public) |
8,458 |
Carneys Point |
Salem Community College (Public) |
1,465 |
Cranford |
Union County College (Public) |
12,774 |
Edison |
Middlesex County College (Public) |
12,741 |
Jersey City |
Eastern International College (Jersey City) (Private for-profit) |
245 |
Jersey City |
Hudson County Community College (Public) |
9,189 |
Lincroft |
Brookdale Community College (Public) |
15,783 |
Livingston |
Gibbs College (Private, for-profit) |
427 |
Mays Landing |
Atlantic Cape Community College (Public) |
7,659 |
Mendham |
Assumption College for Sisters (Private not-for-profit) |
50 |
Newark |
Essex County College (Public) |
13,424 |
Newton |
Sussex County Community College (Public) |
4,122 |
North Brunswick |
DeVry University-New Jersey (Private for-profit) |
1,713 |
Paramus |
Bergen Community College (Public) |
17,198 |
Paterson |
Passaic County Community College (Public) |
9,594 |
Pemberton |
Burlington County College (Public) |
10,091 |
Ramsey |
Eastwick College (Private for-profit) |
900 |
Randolph |
County College of Morris (Public) |
8,705 |
Sewell |
Gloucester County College (Public) |
6,609 |
Toms River |
Ocean County College (Public) |
10,367 |
Vineland |
Cumberland County College (Public) |
4,291 |
Washington |
Warren County Community College (Public) |
2,337 |
West Paterson |
Berkeley College (West Paterson) (Private, for profit) |
2,729 |
West Windsor |
Mercer County Community College (Public) |
9,697 |
Zarephath |
Somerset Christian College (Private, not-for-profit) |
169 |
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Transferring from Community College to a 4-year InstitutionNote: Data has been gathered from the Dept. of Education, schools, and commercial data sources.