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NEW JERSEY'S TOP

Colleges and Universities

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Ranked by total enrollment in fall 2012*

By Danielle Mack

Rank \| Prev.	INSTITUTION YEAR ESTABLISHED	WEBSITE	SENIOR EXECUTIVE(S) TYPE	TOTAL N.J. ENROLLMENT
1 \| 1	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey -- New Brunswick 1766	www.rutgers.edu	Robert L. Barchi Public, four-year university	40,434
2 \| 2	Thomas Edison State College 1972	www.tesc.edu	George A. Pruitt Public, four-year university	20,642
3 \| 3	Montclair State University 1908	www.montclair.edu	Susan A. Cole Public, four-year university	18,382
4 \| 4	Kean University 1855	www.kean.edu	Dawood Farahi Public, four-year university	16,187
5 \| 5	Rowan University 1923	www.rowan.edu	Ali A. Houshmand Public, four-year university	12,183
6 \| 6	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey -- Newark 1908	www.newark.rutgers.edu	Philip L. Yeagle(1) Public, four-year university	12,011
7 \| 7	William Paterson University 1855	www.wpunj.edu	Kathleen M. Waldron, Edward B. Weil Public, four-year university	11,423
8 \| 9	New Jersey Institute of Technology 1881	www.njit.edu	Joel S. Bloom Public, four-year university	9,944
9 \| 8	Seton Hall University 1856	www.shu.edu	A. Gabriel Esteban Private, four-year university	9,830
10 \| 10	Fairleigh Dickinson University -- Metropolitan Campus 1942	www.fdu.edu	Sheldon Drucker(2) Private, four-year university	9,130
11 \| 12	Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 1969	www.stockton.edu	Herman J. Saatkamp Jr. Public, four-year and graduate, liberal arts and professional	8,400
12 \| 11	New Jersey City University 1929	www.njcu.edu	Sue Henderson Public, four-year university offering graduate degrees	8,126
13 \| 13	Princeton University 1746	www.princeton.edu	Shirley M. Tilghman(3) Private, four-year university	7,927
14 \| 14	The College of New Jersey 1855	www.tcnj.edu	R. Barbara Gitenstein Public, four-year liberal arts college	6,545
15 \| 16	Monmouth University 1933	www.monmouth.edu	Paul G. Gaffney II(4) Private, four-year university	6,472
16 \| 17	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey -- Camden 1926	www.camden.rutgers.edu	Wendell E. Pritchett Public, four-year university	6,343
17 \| 15	University of Phoenix -- Jersey City Campus 2004	www.phoenix.edu	Gary Williams Private university	6,100(5)
18 \| 18	Ramapo College of New Jersey 1969	www.ramapo.edu	Peter Philip Mercer Public college, four-year or above	5,817
19 \| 21	Fairleigh Dickinson University -- College at Florham 1942	www.fdu.edu	Sheldon Drucker(2) Private, four-year university	3,067
20 \| 22	Saint Peter's University 1872	www.saintpeters.edu	Eugene J. Cornacchia Private, four-year liberal arts college	3,045
21 \| 24	Centenary College 1867	www.centenarycollege.edu	Barbara-Jayne Lewthwaite Private, four-year graduate-degree granting institution	2,576
22 \| 23	Drew University 1867	www.drew.edu	Vivian Bull Private, four-year university	2,447
23 \| 27	Caldwell College 1939	www.caldwell.edu	Nancy H. Blattner Catholic, private, co-educational, four-year liberal arts college	2,253
24 \| NR	Felician College 1942	www.felician.edu	Anne Prisco Private, four-year liberal arts college	2,198
25 \| 28	Bloomfield College 1868	www.bloomfield.edu	Richard A. Levao, Adam Castro Private, four-year liberal arts college	2,150
26 \| 26	DeVry University 1969	www.nj.devry.edu	Chris W. Grevesen Four-year	1,998
27 \| 25	Georgian Court University 1908	www.georgian.edu	Sister Rosemary E. Jeffries Private, four-year university	1,876
28 \| 34	Princeton Theological Seminary 1812	www.ptsem.edu	M. Craig Barnes Presbyterian, professional and graduate seminary	518
29 \| NR	Rider University - Westminster Campus 1926	www.rider.edu/wcc	Mordechai Rozanski Private, four-year university	450

Source: The schools. (1) Interim chancellor. (2) Interim president. (3) Tilghman announced in September 2012 she would step down as president in June 2013. (4) Gaffney will retire in July 2013 and be replaced by Paul Brown on Aug. 1, 2013. (5) The enrollment number provided represents students attending classes at the university's Jersey City campus as well as those who attend online and reside within the campus' footprint. NA: Not Available. NR: Not Ranked. There is no charge to be included in NJBIZ lists. We assume that information provided by representatives is accurate and truthful. We are not responsible for the omission of organizations that do not respond to our questionnaire or to fax or phone requests for information. If your organization was omitted and you wish to be included in future lists, please go to our website at www.njbiz.com and select "Lists" then "Add Data." You may also e-mail lists@njbiz.com or call (732) 246-5733. Information may also be faxed to (732) 846-0421. Information received after press deadline cannot be included. The list, or any parts of them, cannot be reproduced without written permission from NJBIZ. For more on Information Products from NJBIZ, please call (732) 246-5701.