| School Name | City (distance from city center) | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rate | Student To faculty Ratio | Student Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education private (for-profit) |
Piscataway (1.5 miles) |
$35,525 | - | - | 75% | 15 to 1 | 251 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield private (for-profit) |
South Plainfield (1.7 miles) |
$34,442 | - | - | 73% | 15 to 1 | 339 |
| Innovate Salon Academy private (for-profit) |
South Plainfield (1.8 miles) |
$12,726 | - | - | 96% | 12 to 1 | 207 |
| JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools private (not-for-profit) |
Plainfield (2.2 miles) |
$31,336 | - | 95.80% | 66% | 10 to 1 | 582 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch private (not-for-profit) |
North Plainfield (3.3 miles) |
$9,850 | - | 100.00% | 15% | 17 to 1 | 69 |
| Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield private (for-profit) |
North Plainfield (3.4 miles) |
$19,500 | - | - | 61% | 8 to 1 | 178 |
| Strayer University-New Jersey private (for-profit) |
Piscataway (3.4 miles) |
$13,920 | $15,135 | - | 25% | 41 to 1 | 530 |
| Pro Beauty Academy private (for-profit) |
Edison (4.0 miles) |
$9,950 | - | - | 63% | 15 to 1 | 152 |
| Union County Vocational Technical School public |
Scotch Plains (4.2 miles) |
$5,500 ($5,500) |
- | - | 67% | 18 to 1 | 108 |
| PC AGE-Metropark private (for-profit) |
Iselin (4.8 miles) |
$23,790 | - | - | 71% | 24 to 1 | 33 |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph School private (not-for-profit) |
Edison (5.2 miles) |
$12,700 | - | 90.32% | - | 16 to 1 | 95 |
| New Brunswick Theological Seminary private (not-for-profit) |
New Brunswick (5.4 miles) |
- | $17,500 | - | - | - | 132 |
| Middlesex College public |
Edison (5.5 miles) |
$7,068 ($7,068) |
- | - | 26% | 19 to 1 | 9,736 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick public |
New Brunswick (5.5 miles) |
$36,001 ($17,239) |
$36,244 ($22,348) | 65.00% | 84% | 15 to 1 | 50,637 |
| DeVry University-New Jersey private (for-profit) |
Iselin (5.6 miles) |
$15,032 | $17,552 | 100.00% | - | 4 to 1 | 95 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin private (for-profit) |
Iselin (5.7 miles) |
$32,134 | - | - | 48% | 13 to 1 | 548 |
| American Institute-Somerset private (for-profit) |
Somerset (7.0 miles) |
$19,495 | - | - | 45% | 25 to 1 | 322 |
| Chamberlain University-New Jersey private (for-profit) |
North Brunswick (7.6 miles) |
$21,140 | - | 90.00% | - | 10 to 1 | 1,261 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ public |
Cranford (8.2 miles) |
$9,500 ($9,500) |
- | - | 35% | 22 to 1 | 7,796 |
| Universal Training Institute private (for-profit) |
Perth Amboy (8.8 miles) |
$22,630 | - | - | 69% | 26 to 1 | 104 |
| American Institute of Alternative Medicine private (for-profit) |
East Brunswick (9.9 miles) |
$6,500 | - | - | - | 7 to 1 | 32 |
| Healthcare Training Institute private (for-profit) |
Union (11.4 miles) |
$16,500 | - | 75.86% | 100% | 11 to 1 | 69 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma private (not-for-profit) |
Union (11.6 miles) |
$11,350 | - | 70.59% | - | 8 to 1 | 40 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Union private (for-profit) |
Union (11.7 miles) |
$28,425 | - | - | 64% | 30 to 1 | 1,625 |
| Kean University public |
Union (11.9 miles) |
$21,076 ($13,426) |
$23,919 ($18,630) | 77.00% | 51% | 16 to 1 | 12,884 |
| Empire Beauty School-Union private (for-profit) |
Union (12.0 miles) |
$16,320 | - | - | 50% | 12 to 1 | 83 |
| St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island private (for-profit) |
Staten Island (12.6 miles) |
$17,525 | - | - | 47% | 18 to 1 | 658 |
| Drew University private (not-for-profit) |
Madison (12.9 miles) |
$45,360 | $26,056 | 69.01% | 73% | 12 to 1 | 2,092 |
| Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok private (not-for-profit) |
Elizabeth (13.0 miles) |
$11,450 | - | 100.00% | 20% | 8 to 1 | 59 |
| Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary private (not-for-profit) |
Staten Island (13.0 miles) |
$9,600 | - | 64.71% | - | 34 to 1 | 67 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood private (not-for-profit) |
Keyport (13.6 miles) |
$8,550 | - | 80.00% | 57% | 21 to 1 | 72 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus private (not-for-profit) |
Madison (13.8 miles) |
$38,506 | $24,342 | 95.00% | 61% | 9 to 1 | 2,823 |
| College of Staten Island CUNY public |
Staten Island (14.1 miles) |
$15,440 ($7,490) |
$21,080 ($11,650) | - | 34% | 16 to 1 | 10,248 |
| Saint Elizabeth University private (not-for-profit) |
Morristown (14.4 miles) |
$35,942 | $19,926 | 76.98% | 43% | 11 to 1 | 1,122 |
| Raritan Valley Community College public |
Branchburg (14.5 miles) |
$7,440 ($7,440) |
- | - | 32% | 19 to 1 | 6,321 |
| Seton Hall University private (not-for-profit) |
South Orange (14.6 miles) |
$51,370 | $36,110 | 79.00% | 71% | 14 to 1 | 9,623 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-NYC private (for-profit) |
Staten Island (15.8 miles) |
$14,600 | - | - | 71% | 12 to 1 | 73 |
| New Community Career & Technical Institute private (not-for-profit) |
Newark (16.2 miles) |
$8,610 | - | - | 71% | 15 to 1 | 22 |
| National Career Institute private (for-profit) |
East Orange (16.4 miles) |
$10,000 | - | - | 61% | 15 to 1 | 119 |
| Rabbinical College of America private (not-for-profit) |
Morristown (16.6 miles) |
$13,000 | $13,000 | 87.14% | 27% | 11 to 1 | 203 |
| Best Care College private (for-profit) |
East Orange (16.7 miles) |
$1,087 | - | - | 50% | 30 to 1 | 25 |
| Essex County College public |
Newark (16.8 miles) |
$9,318 ($9,318) |
- | - | 16% | 24 to 1 | 6,466 |
| Rutgers University-Newark public |
Newark (16.9 miles) |
$35,348 ($16,586) |
$36,225 ($22,329) | 79.00% | 66% | 13 to 1 | 11,017 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology public |
Newark (17.0 miles) |
$35,934 ($19,022) |
$36,702 ($25,918) | 67.00% | 73% | 15 to 1 | 12,332 |
| Wagner College private (not-for-profit) |
Staten Island (17.2 miles) |
$52,000 | $24,060 | 82.99% | 61% | 14 to 1 | 1,949 |
| Pillar College private (not-for-profit) |
Newark (17.2 miles) |
$24,820 | $20,952 | - | 44% | 10 to 1 | 558 |
| Career School of NY private (not-for-profit) |
Staten Island (18.3 miles) |
$5,470 | - | - | 75% | 8 to 1 | 53 |
| Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield private (for-profit) |
Bloomfield (19.0 miles) |
$16,320 | - | - | 31% | 20 to 1 | 94 |
| Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine private (for-profit) |
Bloomfield (19.0 miles) |
$19,673 | $20,048 | - | - | 6 to 1 | 55 |
| Bloomfield College private (not-for-profit) |
Bloomfield (19.1 miles) |
$30,680 | $11,760 | 67.00% | 34% | 13 to 1 | 1,153 |