Lafayette College is a four-year private college in Easton, Pennsylvania about two miles outside of Phillipsburg. Founded in 1826, Lafayette has an undergraduate population of 2,400 students and centers on a liberal arts education with a strong engineering program. It is co-educational and has on-campus residences. With 206 full-time faculty, 100% of which hold terminal degrees, Lafayette also has an endowment of $600 million and tuition of $38,810 per year, as of 2011. It is a non-denominational institution and participates in NCAA Division 1 athletics.
Lehigh University is a co-educational, residential, private, four-year institution with an undergraduate population of 4,580 and graduate population of 2,270. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 15 miles south of Phillipsburg, Lehigh was founded in 1865 and hosts four colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business and Economics, the College or Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the College of Education. There are 463 full-time faculty members, and tuition is $39,480 per year as of 2011. Lehigh is also non-denominational and participates in NCAA Division 1 athletics.
Moravian is a co-educational, residential, private institution also located in Bethlehem. Founded in 1742, Moravian is the sixth oldest school in the nation with an undergraduate population of 1,564. Affiliated with the Protestant church, the college hosts the Moravian Theological Seminary and also specializes in the liberal arts with popular majors including Biology, English, Education and Psychology. Moravian employs 463 full-time faculty and receives an endowment of $74 million. Annual tuition is $31,662 as of 2011, and Moravian participates in NCAA Division III athletics.
DeSales is a private, co-educational, four-year, Catholic institution founded in 1964. Located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, it is about 20 miles south of Phillipsburg. Its undergraduate population is 1,561 with a total graduate and part-time population of 2,499. DeSales has four divisions: the Division of Business, the Division of Science and Health Care, the Division of Liberals Arts and Social Sciences and the Division of Performing Arts. Faculty numbers at 103 full-time members, with 74% holding a terminal degree. Annual tuition is $27,000 as of 2011, and DeSales participates in Division III athletics.
Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, two miles west of Phillipsburg, is a two-year, non-residential institution that offers continuing education classes, transfer programs and Associate's Degrees in Arts, Science and Applied Science. Founded in 1967, Northampton has enrollment upwards of 36,000 students at the Bethlehem and Tannerville campuses as well as over 50 other locations. Popular programs include Early Childhood Education, Business Administration and Criminal Justice with tuition of $109 per credit as of 2011.
Warren County Community College is in Washington, New Jersey, 10 miles northeast of Phillipsburg. It is a two-year, non-residential institution that offers associate's and career degrees in over 30 subjects including Criminal Justice and Small Business Management. It also offers a bachelor's transfer partnership with Felician College. Established in 1981, enrollment today is approximately 1,700 full- and part-time students, with tuition varying from $102 to $182 per credit as of 2011.