July 3, 2024 | News Story
NJ Spotlight News: NJ Community Colleges dodge $20 million budget cut
Flat state funding means tuition rates should go largely unchanged
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
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Nursing & Health Science
Science & Mathematics
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Writing, Arts & Humanities
Creative Arts
Health Professions
Psychology
Journalism
Criminal Justice
Communications
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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
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