New Jersey City University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

New Jersey City University, also referred to as NJCU, was established in 1929 as New Jersey State Normal School. In 1935, the school changed its name to New Jersey State Teachers College. Later on, it was renamed to Jersey City State College. It gained university status in 1998 and settled on its current name. The university's campus covers more than 24 acres on Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City, New Jersey. NJCU has the following academic units:

• College of Professional Studies
• Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education
• William J. Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences

NJCU has numerous student organizations. Some of these are the Campus Crusade for Christ, Black Freedom Society, Biology Club, Muslim Students Association, African Students Organization, Gothic Knight Steppers, and TaeKwon Do Club.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement, education and teaching, and mathematics.
• High faculty salary.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of students.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 8,151 in 2009-2010 (6,087 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 83% of enrolled students and graduate students are 17%.

Students under 25 years old represent 48% of the student body. About 14% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 80% are full-time and 20% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

New Jersey City University provides on-campus housing for 295 of its 6,087 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Eastern College Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

New Jersey City University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (31 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (246 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (15 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (407 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Urban Education and Leadership

LIBERAL ARTS (242 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (29 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (32 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (38 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MUSIC (15 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (87 awarded)

• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (46 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (136 awarded)

• Corrections and Criminal Justice
• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
• Fire Science/Fire-fighting
• Security and Protective Services

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (116 awarded)

• Educational Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology