Find your community college
New Jersey has 18 Community Colleges—one near you. Whether you’re interested in earning your associate degree, starting at a Community College and then transferring to a four-year college or university, or pursuing an industry-valued credential to advance your career, we have the program for you.
Why NJ’s Community Colleges?
Why NJ’s Community Colleges?
NJ’s Community Colleges provide high-quality, affordable education that changes lives by helping students reach their academic and career goals.
Our colleges enroll more than 180,000 New Jersey residents each year in credit, noncredit, and workforce courses at more than 70 campuses throughout the state—one near you—as well as through many study online opportunities. We offer early college programs for high school students and special supports to help adult learners.
Our Community Colleges also offer academic, athletic, cultural, and special interest clubs; mentoring and internship opportunities; and partnerships to help connect you with our state’s employers and four-year colleges and universities.
Education for Everyone
Education for Everyone
NJ’s 18 Community Colleges are designed to meet the ever-changing educational needs of our great state’s residents.
Today, through more than 1,700 degree and certificate programs, as well as noncredit courses and workforce training programs, our colleges are helping students of all ages and backgrounds. We celebrate NJ’s incredible diversity across our campuses. Many of our students are the first in their families to attend college; more than half of the total undergraduate enrollment in our colleges come from minority and traditionally underrepresented populations.
Prioritizing Equity and Student Success
Prioritizing Equity and Student Success
We prize equity and student success, and we commit to helping you access the resources you need to reach your goals. Our students go on to become leaders in their field—fulbright scholars, researchers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, entrepreneurs, athletes, performers, and more.
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Attend Community College for Free
Attend Community College for Free
The Community College Opportunity Grant (CCOG) makes community colleges affordable for New Jersians. If you’re eligible, you can attend Community College in New Jersey for free or at a reduced cost.
Get Support With Paying for College
Get Support With Paying for College
HESAA, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority provides NJ students and their families with information about financial aid, grants, scholarships, tax incentives, and loans to help students pursue their education beyond high school.
Popular Majors at NJ’s Community Colleges
Aviation & Drones
Business
Culinary & Hospitality
Education
Engineering & Technology
Nursing & Health Science
Science & Mathematics
Social Work
Writing, Arts & Humanities
Creative Arts
Health Professions
Psychology
Journalism
Criminal Justice
Communications
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I was a stay-at-home mom. Supply chain sparked my interest. My first class was like, ‘Define supply chain management in your own words.’ I thought to myself, ‘Oh Gosh, what I can think of… I’m a mom, yes, I’m a supply chain manager at home!’ I have to say that my associate’s degree to supply chain management was the best thing ever, and it really helped me grow as a person, as a mom, and gave me the opportunity to get back in the economy.
Maria Rawalpindiwala
Union College of Union County Graduate, Supply Chain Management, Class of 2022
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I always tell the students that I mentor now, there is no clean-cut pathway to different goals and avenues that you can achieve. It’s not always a linear path, and if you stay on the course and have good, supportive people behind you, you will succeed.
Monae Haskins, BSN, RN
Essex County College Graduate
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Going into the medical assistant program was really the best thing for me. By getting real-world experience, learning about medicine, learning about healthcare, and getting to experience it first hand with the externship that was provided.
Rachel Shea
Camden County College Amuna
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The STEM courses at Bergen Community Colleges were very challenging, which helped me transition to engineering courses. These challenging courses made me think differently, which helped me to improve my problem-solving skills, which will be indispensable in my future career as a chemical engineer.
Sebastian Lidwin
STEM Graduate, Bergen Community College
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Rowan College at Burlington County is definitely one of the best places that you can go to launch your career. I’ve found that the teachers are incredibly acceptable, and that they’re incredibly passionate about teaching students. They can also speak to their real-life experiences in the field. Its not that they’re completely out of touch with what’s going on in cyber security, because they’ve worked in the field, and they are working in the field.
Shanni Prutchi
Graduate, Rowan College of Burlington County, Cybersecurity Program of 2020
SWIPE
November 12, 2025 | News Story
The New Jersey Council of County Colleges is proud to announce the 28 inaugural organizational members of the Future Ready New Jersey Coalition to Expand Economic Mobility and Broad-Based Prosperity, which have agreed to sign on to the attached statement.
November 10, 2025 | News Story
NJCCC congratulates Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill and Lt. Governor-Elect Dale Caldwell on their election victory. We know Sherrill and Cladwell understand the vital role our 18 community colleges play in providing life-changing education and workforce training to over 250,000 New Jerseyans of all backgrounds and ages across the state every year.
October 2, 2025 | News Story
On September 30, 2025, the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, the state’s 18 community colleges, and a wide array of partners launched the Future Ready New Jersey Coalition, a cross-sector, action-focused coalition dedicated to advancing broad-based economic mobility and prosperity in our state.
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Ocean County College
1 College Dr, Toms River, NJ 08754, United States
Phone: 732-255-0482
Email: hub@ocean.edu
Passaic County Community College
1 College Blvd, Paterson, NJ 07505, United States
Phone: (973) 341-1600
Email: admissions@pccc.edu
Website: https://pccc.edu/admissions/
Mercer County Community College
1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township, NJ 08550, United States
Phone: 609-586-4800
Email: admiss@mccc.edu
Warren County Community College
475 NJ-57, Washington, NJ 07882, United States
Phone: (908) 835-2300
Email: StudentServices@warren.edu
Hudson County Community College
70 Sip Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306, United States
Phone: (201) 714-7200
Email: col@hccc.edu
Bergen Community College
400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652, United States
Phone: (201) 447-7200
Email: admissions@bergen.edu
Sussex County Community College
1 College Hill Rd, Newton, NJ 07860, United States
Phone: 973-300-2223
Email: admissions@sussex.edu
Website: https://www.sussex.edu/admissions/
Camden County College
200 N Broadway, Camden, NJ 08102, United States
Phone: (856) 227-7200
Email: admissions@camdencc.edu
Website: https://www.camdencc.edu/admissions-financial-aid/how-to-apply/
Brookdale Community College
765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ 07738, United States
Phone: 732-224-1857
Email: admissions@brookdalecc.edu
Website: https://www.brookdalecc.edu/admissions/getting-started/
Essex County College
303 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102, United States
Phone: (973) 877-3186
Email: ESX@essex.edu
Website: https://www.essex.edu/admissions/
Salem Community College
460 Hollywood Ave, Carneys Point, NJ 08069, United States
Phone: 856-299-2100
Email: admissions@salemcc.edu
Website: https://www.salemcc.edu/admissions
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ
1033 Springfield Ave, Cranford, NJ 07016, United States
Phone: 908-709-7590
Email: denisa.klinkova-bace@ucc.edu
Raritan Valley Community College
118 Lamington Rd, Branchburg, NJ 08876, United States
Phone: 908-526-1200
Email: admissions@raritanval.edu
Atlantic Cape Community College
5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, NJ 08330, United States
Phone: (609) 343-5000
Email: admissions@atlantic.edu
County College of Morris
214 Center Grove Rd, Randolph, NJ 07869, United States
Phone: 973-328-5100
Email: admiss@ccm.edu
Website: https://www.ccm.edu/admissions/
Rowan College at Burlington County
900 College Circle, Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Phone: (856) 222-9311, ext. 1199
Email: admissions@rcbc.edu
Website: https://www.rcbc.edu/admissions
Middlesex College
2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08818
Phone: 732-548-6000
Rowan College of South Jersey
1400 Tanyard Road, Sewell, NJ 08080 (Gloucester); 3322 College Drive, Vineland, NJ 08360 (Cumberland)
Phone: 856-200-4848
Email: admissions@rcsj.edu
Website: https://www.rcsj.edu/apply
