This college is located in eastern Hoboken on New Jersey's shoreline. It was founded in 1870 and is a private institution. In 2007 Princeton Review and Wired magazine ranked Stevens Institute as one of the "Top Wired Colleges." Stevens Institute offers undergraduate programs in business, computer science, engineering, sciences and arts & letters. Majors include chemical biology, engineering physics, philosophy, business and environmental engineering. The college offers masters programs in computer science, mechanical engineering, technology management and chemical engineering.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5991
201-216-5000
stevens.edu
This community college is located about two miles from Hoboken in Jersey City. The community college became what it is today in 1981. The Middle States Association has given the college unrestricted accreditation. Academic programs at the community college include culinary arts, health science, humanities and social sciences and developmental education. Certificates and associates degrees are both offered at the college. Associate degrees that are offered include culinary arts, American studies, Latino studies, management and health science. Certificates are offered in early childhood education, medical transcription, practical nursing and social services.
Hudson County Community College
70 Sip Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-714-7100
hccc.edu
This college is about six miles from Hoboken in Manhattan. It was opened in 1847 and was renamed in 1953 in Bernard M. Baruch's name, an alumnus of the college. It's a public college and according to the Princeton Review, is ranked in the top 15 percent of American colleges. Baruch offers undergraduate programs like law, health education, women's studies, performing arts, English, economics and psychology. Masters degrees are offered in marketing, economics, finance, public administration, education and international business.
Baruch College
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010
646-312-1000
baruch.cuny.edu
This college is about five miles from Hoboken in Manhattan, in the middle of Washington Square in Greenwich Village. New York University was founded in 1831 and is today, a large private university. Undergraduate programs include liberal studies, nursing, dentistry, arts and social work. Graduate programs include law, business, medicine, social work, mathematical sciences and fine arts. Those who have attended the college has won several awards including Lasker awards, Abel prizes, Pulitzer prizes and Nobel prizes.
New York University
70 Washington Square S
New York, NY 10011
212-998-1212
nyu.edu