The College of New Jersey is on 289 acres in Mercer County and offers more than 50 undergraduate degree programs, as well as 35 graduate degree programs. Its seven schools include Arts and Communication, Business, Culture and Society, Education, Engineering, Science, and Nursing, Health and Exercise Science. The college has a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1. Costs for the 2009 to 2010 school year for an out-of-state student were $21,675, and $12,989 for an in-state student.
The College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Road
Ewing, NJ 08628
609-771-1855
tcnj.edu
Rider University is a private institution in Mercer County with campuses in Lawrenceville and Princeton. It offers more than 60 undergraduate and 21 graduate programs. The University includes the Westminster College of the Arts, critically acclaimed for its choirs. Rider University maintains a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1. The 2009 to 2010 tuition and fees were $29,060.
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
609-896-5000
rider.edu
Kean University awards 50 different undergraduate degrees and 31 different graduate degrees. The campus is set on 150 acres and is about 30 minutes from New York City. The student-to-faculty ratio is around 22:1, and the University offers some distance learning options. Costs for an out-of-state student from 2009 to 2010 were $14,081, and costs for an in-state student were $9,445.
Kean University
1000 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
908-737- 5326
kean.edu
Princeton University is one of the oldest colleges in the United States, and is a member of the Ivy League Athletic Conference. The student-to-faculty ratio for undergraduates is 5:1, and the University offers 42 interdisciplinary programs. It is in Princeton Township in Mercer County. The tuition and fees for 2009 to 2010 were $35,340.
Princeton University
1 Nassau Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-3000
princeton.edu
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey encompasses several campuses, including one in New Brunswick, Middlesex County. The New Brunswick campus sits on more than 2,500 acres of land. The University offers more than 100 undergraduate programs, and is home to the only pharmacy school in New Jersey. Out-of-state student costs for 2009 to 2010 were $22,518 and in-state student costs were $11,886. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14:1.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
57 U.S. Highway 1
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-4636
nbp.rutgers.edu