Located in Piscataway, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick, is home to more than 14,000 graduate and professional students and was founded in 1766. The master's level programs include degrees in nursing, public policy, urban planning, education, accounting, communications, engineering, science, management and social work. The university offers the world's only jazz history master's degree and also offers a Master of Business Administration program that includes studying abroad in Beijing or Shanghai.
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick
65 Davidson Road
Room 202
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8097
732-932-4636
rutgers.edu
Founded by the Roman Catholic Church in 1856, Seton Hall University is in South Orange, New Jersey. The school's more than 4,300 graduate students study fields as diverse as museum studies, biochemistry, marriage and family therapy, theology, nursing case management, sports management, finance and speech-language pathology. The university also offers an online college, which grants eight master's degrees in fields like education, leadership and counseling. About 150 graduate assistantships are available for graduate students. Seton Hall allows master's level students to study both full and part-time.
Seton Hall University
400 S. Orange Ave.
South Orange, NJ 07079
973-761-9332
shu.edu
In 2010, U.S. News and World Report ranked Princeton University first in the nation among all universities. The Ivy League university has less than 2,500 graduate students, and admission to its master's programs is highly competitive; less than 10 percent of all students who apply to Princeton receive an invitation to attend the school, reports the 2009 Barron's Profiles of American Colleges. Available master's degree programs include architecture, engineering, finance, chemistry, public affairs, public policy, regional planning and Near East studies. The school offers research fellowships to master's students who show extraordinary potential, wish to study abroad or are members of certain minority groups. Almost all students receive assistantships or grants to offset the cost of tuition.
Princeton University
Clio Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-3060
gradschool.princeton.edu
Located in West Long Branch, Monmouth University is a private institution with about 1,800 graduate students. U.S. News and World Report gave the university's graduate school a 41st-place ranking among all master's degree programs at universities in the North. The master's degree offerings range from business to physical sciences to education to humanities like history or English. The university also grants fast-paced, accelerated master's degrees in business administration and teaching. Assistantships are available in most programs, provided students maintain minimum grade point averages.
Monmouth University
400 Cedar Ave.
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
800-543-9671
monmouth.edu