A total of 355,981 students are enrolled in New Jersey colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In New Jersey colleges and universites, 15,961 students are 18 years old or younger(4.48%), 87,143 students are 18 or 19 years old (24.48%), 85,444 students are between 20 and 22 years old (24.00%), 65,598 students are between 22 and 24 years old (18.43%), and 43,465 students are between 25 and 29 years old (12.21%).
34,653 students are between 30 and 39 years old (9.73%), 14,850 students are between 40 and 49 years old (4.17%), 8,557 students are 50 years old or older (2.40%).
In New Jersey 4-year colleges and universites, 4,831 students are 18 years old or younger(1.02%), 54,483 students are 18 or 19 years old (11.48%), 61,681 students are between 20 and 22 years old (13.00%), 49,053 students are between 22 and 24 years old (10.33%), 30,753 students are between 25 and 29 years old (6.48%), 21,762 students are between 30 and 39 years old (4.58%), 9,268 students are between 40 and 49 years old (1.95%), 5,382 students are 50 years old or older (1.13%)
In New Jersey community colleges, there are 42,477 students are younger than 20 years old (18.69%), 38,420 students are between 20 and 24 years old (16.90%), 12,013 students are between 25 and 29 years old (5.28%), and 20,542 students are 30 years old or older (9.04%).
In New Jersey trade schools, there are 1,313 students are younger than 20 years old (13.11%), 1,888 students are between 20 and 24 years old (18.86%), 699 students are between 25 and 29 years old (6.98%), and 1,106 students are 30 years old or older (11.05%).
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 355,981 | 15,961 (4.48%) |
87,143 (24.48%) |
85,444 (24.00%) |
65,598 (18.43%) |
43,465 (12.21%) |
34,653 (9.73%) |
14,850 (4.17%) |
8,557 (2.40%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 474,636 | 4,831 (1.02%) |
54,483 (11.48%) |
61,681 (13.00%) |
49,053 (10.33%) |
30,753 (6.48%) |
21,762 (4.58%) |
9,268 (1.95%) |
5,382 (1.13%) |
| Community Colleges | 227,314 | 11,125 (4.89%) |
31,352 (13.79%) |
22,655 (9.97%) |
15,765 (6.94%) |
12,013 (5.28%) |
12,131 (5.34%) |
5,295 (2.33%) |
3,116 (1.37%) |
| Trade Schools | 10,012 | 5 (0.05%) |
1,308 (13.06%) |
1,108 (11.07%) |
780 (7.79%) |
699 (6.98%) |
760 (7.59%) |
287 (2.87%) |
59 (0.59%) |
The following table compares student population by age between New Jersey colleges. A total of 355,981 students have enrolled in New Jersey colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutting Edge AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 84 | 1 (1.19%) |
19 (22.62%) |
15 (17.86%) | 15 (17.86%) |
9 (10.71%) |
16 (19.05%) |
8 (9.52%) | 1 (1.19%) |
| Garden State Science and Technology InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 224 | 1 (0.45%) |
16 (7.14%) |
32 (14.29%) | 42 (18.75%) |
54 (24.11%) |
55 (24.55%) |
24 (10.71%) | - |
| Chamberlain University-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year | 1,261 | 1 (0.08%) |
13 (1.03%) |
67 (5.31%) | 227 (18.00%) |
409 (32.43%) |
406 (32.20%) |
104 (8.25%) | 34 (2.70%) |
| DeVry University-New JerseyPrivate, 4-year | 95 | - | 3 (3.16%) |
10 (10.53%) | 22 (23.16%) |
24 (25.26%) |
23 (24.21%) |
12 (12.63%) | 1 (1.05%) |
| ASI Career InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 49 | - | 2 (4.08%) |
11 (22.45%) | 9 (18.37%) |
8 (16.33%) |
12 (24.49%) |
3 (6.12%) | 4 (8.16%) |
| Jersey CollegePrivate, 2-4 year | 3,379 | 13 (0.38%) |
104 (3.08%) |
124 (3.67%) | 328 (9.71%) |
645 (19.09%) |
1,262 (37.35%) |
658 (19.47%) | 245 (7.25%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-ParamusPrivate, Less than 2-year | 600 | - | 113 (18.83%) |
141 (23.50%) | 111 (18.50%) |
85 (14.17%) |
98 (16.33%) |
43 (7.17%) | 9 (1.50%) |
| Prism Career Institute-West Atlantic CityPrivate, Less than 2-year | 220 | - | 1 (0.45%) |
24 (10.91%) | 27 (12.27%) |
50 (22.73%) |
76 (34.55%) |
36 (16.36%) | 6 (2.73%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-MahwahPrivate, 2-4 year | 861 | 2 (0.23%) |
410 (47.62%) |
220 (25.55%) | 103 (11.96%) |
50 (5.81%) |
41 (4.76%) |
24 (2.79%) | 11 (1.28%) |
| Prism Career Institute-Cherry HillPrivate, Less than 2-year | 264 | - | 14 (5.30%) |
23 (8.71%) | 46 (17.42%) |
61 (23.11%) |
84 (31.82%) |
23 (8.71%) | 13 (4.92%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-MoorestownPrivate, Less than 2-year | 675 | 1 (0.15%) |
130 (19.26%) |
154 (22.81%) | 118 (17.48%) |
119 (17.63%) |
102 (15.11%) |
46 (6.81%) | 5 (0.74%) |
| Empire Beauty School-BloomfieldPrivate, Less than 2-year | 94 | - | 14 (14.89%) |
13 (13.83%) | 11 (11.70%) |
20 (21.28%) |
29 (30.85%) |
5 (5.32%) | 2 (2.13%) |
| Sussex County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,181 | 115 (5.27%) |
873 (40.03%) |
525 (24.07%) | 224 (10.27%) |
145 (6.65%) |
149 (6.83%) |
77 (3.53%) | 71 (3.26%) |
| Warren County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,386 | 2,187 (64.59%) |
527 (15.56%) |
209 (6.17%) | 142 (4.19%) |
91 (2.69%) |
108 (3.19%) |
71 (2.10%) | 43 (1.27%) |
| William Paterson University of New JerseyPublic, 4-year | 9,070 | 7 (0.08%) |
1,302 (14.36%) |
1,828 (20.15%) | 2,006 (22.12%) |
1,486 (16.38%) |
1,456 (16.05%) |
655 (7.22%) | 330 (3.64%) |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJPublic, 2-4 year | 7,796 | 154 (1.98%) |
2,215 (28.41%) |
1,512 (19.39%) | 1,083 (13.89%) |
1,038 (13.31%) |
1,106 (14.19%) |
484 (6.21%) | 204 (2.62%) |
| The College of New JerseyPublic, 4-year | 7,629 | 13 (0.17%) |
2,790 (36.57%) |
3,116 (40.84%) | 1,195 (15.66%) |
233 (3.05%) |
131 (1.72%) |
97 (1.27%) | 54 (0.71%) |
| Thomas Edison State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 8,248 | - | 30 (0.36%) |
182 (2.21%) | 650 (7.88%) |
1,621 (19.65%) |
3,016 (36.57%) |
1,753 (21.25%) | 994 (12.05%) |
| Stockton UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,080 | 9 (0.10%) |
2,363 (26.02%) |
2,932 (32.29%) | 2,226 (24.52%) |
801 (8.82%) |
453 (4.99%) |
194 (2.14%) | 102 (1.12%) |
| Stevens Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year | 9,314 | 6 (0.06%) |
1,783 (19.14%) |
1,923 (20.65%) | 2,631 (28.25%) |
1,855 (19.92%) |
753 (8.08%) |
255 (2.74%) | 107 (1.15%) |
| Raritan Valley Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,321 | 812 (12.85%) |
1,809 (28.62%) |
1,482 (23.45%) | 754 (11.93%) |
496 (7.85%) |
475 (7.51%) |
271 (4.29%) | 212 (3.35%) |
| Saint Elizabeth UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,122 | 45 (4.01%) |
228 (20.32%) |
216 (19.25%) | 218 (19.43%) |
158 (14.08%) |
99 (8.82%) |
81 (7.22%) | 74 (6.60%) |
| Seton Hall UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 9,623 | 72 (0.75%) |
2,951 (30.67%) |
2,466 (25.63%) | 1,564 (16.25%) |
990 (10.29%) |
753 (7.83%) |
429 (4.46%) | 398 (4.14%) |
| Salem Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,111 | 224 (20.16%) |
295 (26.55%) |
135 (12.15%) | 109 (9.81%) |
94 (8.46%) |
145 (13.05%) |
66 (5.94%) | 42 (3.78%) |
| Saint Peter's UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,430 | 112 (3.27%) |
687 (20.03%) |
703 (20.50%) | 779 (22.71%) |
587 (17.11%) |
313 (9.13%) |
147 (4.29%) | 100 (2.92%) |
| Capital Health School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 16 | - | 1 (6.25%) |
4 (25.00%) | 2 (12.50%) |
3 (18.75%) |
4 (25.00%) |
1 (6.25%) | 1 (6.25%) |
| Rutgers University-NewarkPublic, 4-year | 11,017 | 25 (0.23%) |
2,034 (18.46%) |
2,385 (21.65%) | 2,458 (22.31%) |
1,925 (17.47%) |
1,417 (12.86%) |
496 (4.50%) | 277 (2.51%) |
| Rutgers University-New BrunswickPublic, 4-year | 50,637 | 94 (0.19%) |
13,044 (25.76%) |
15,322 (30.26%) | 10,293 (20.33%) |
6,290 (12.42%) |
3,772 (7.45%) |
1,222 (2.41%) | 600 (1.18%) |
| Rutgers University-CamdenPublic, 4-year | 5,966 | 72 (1.21%) |
882 (14.78%) |
1,151 (19.29%) | 1,444 (24.20%) |
1,004 (16.83%) |
868 (14.55%) |
357 (5.98%) | 188 (3.15%) |
| Rider UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,054 | 9 (0.22%) |
1,126 (27.78%) |
1,305 (32.19%) | 784 (19.34%) |
351 (8.66%) |
255 (6.29%) |
128 (3.16%) | 96 (2.37%) |
| Ramapo College of New JerseyPublic, 4-year | 5,478 | 159 (2.90%) |
1,421 (25.94%) |
1,965 (35.87%) | 1,097 (20.03%) |
394 (7.19%) |
243 (4.44%) |
92 (1.68%) | 107 (1.95%) |
| Princeton UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 8,842 | 48 (0.54%) |
2,162 (24.45%) |
2,459 (27.81%) | 1,753 (19.83%) |
1,717 (19.42%) |
656 (7.42%) |
42 (0.48%) | 5 (0.06%) |
| Passaic County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,119 | 163 (3.18%) |
1,265 (24.71%) |
1,126 (22.00%) | 882 (17.23%) |
627 (12.25%) |
647 (12.64%) |
269 (5.25%) | 134 (2.62%) |
| Parisian Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 454 | 1 (0.22%) |
89 (19.60%) |
81 (17.84%) | 92 (20.26%) |
83 (18.28%) |
83 (18.28%) |
19 (4.19%) | 6 (1.32%) |
| Ocean County CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,186 | 975 (13.57%) |
2,537 (35.30%) |
1,450 (20.18%) | 796 (11.08%) |
548 (7.63%) |
512 (7.12%) |
207 (2.88%) | 139 (1.93%) |
| New Jersey Institute of TechnologyPublic, 4-year | 12,332 | 420 (3.41%) |
2,656 (21.54%) |
2,819 (22.86%) | 3,371 (27.34%) |
1,954 (15.84%) |
866 (7.02%) |
178 (1.44%) | 68 (0.55%) |
| New Brunswick Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 132 | - | - | - | 2 (1.52%) |
5 (3.79%) |
14 (10.61%) |
31 (23.48%) | 79 (59.85%) |
| Eastwick College-NutleyPrivate, 2-4 year | 415 | 2 (0.48%) |
70 (16.87%) |
60 (14.46%) | 74 (17.83%) |
90 (21.69%) |
86 (20.72%) |
23 (5.54%) | 10 (2.41%) |
| Montclair State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 21,784 | 281 (1.29%) |
6,130 (28.14%) |
5,989 (27.49%) | 4,613 (21.18%) |
2,356 (10.82%) |
1,446 (6.64%) |
604 (2.77%) | 365 (1.68%) |
| Monmouth UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,027 | 40 (0.80%) |
1,619 (32.21%) |
1,692 (33.66%) | 884 (17.59%) |
321 (6.39%) |
245 (4.87%) |
127 (2.53%) | 99 (1.97%) |
| Middlesex CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,736 | 1,312 (13.48%) |
3,096 (31.80%) |
2,021 (20.76%) | 1,305 (13.40%) |
903 (9.27%) |
709 (7.28%) |
259 (2.66%) | 121 (1.24%) |
| Mercer County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,821 | 475 (8.16%) |
1,630 (28.00%) |
1,207 (20.74%) | 821 (14.10%) |
628 (10.79%) |
632 (10.86%) |
279 (4.79%) | 147 (2.53%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-UnionPrivate, Less than 2-year | 1,625 | 1 (0.06%) |
748 (46.03%) |
453 (27.88%) | 202 (12.43%) |
102 (6.28%) |
82 (5.05%) |
29 (1.78%) | 8 (0.49%) |
| Kean UniversityPublic, 4-year | 12,884 | 237 (1.84%) |
2,690 (20.88%) |
3,075 (23.87%) | 3,239 (25.14%) |
1,738 (13.49%) |
1,125 (8.73%) |
485 (3.76%) | 293 (2.27%) |
| Hudson County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,683 | 328 (4.91%) |
1,364 (20.41%) |
1,419 (21.23%) | 1,056 (15.80%) |
927 (13.87%) |
990 (14.81%) |
424 (6.34%) | 171 (2.56%) |
| Eastwick College-RamseyPrivate, 4-year | 719 | - | 38 (5.29%) |
93 (12.93%) | 129 (17.94%) |
192 (26.70%) |
171 (23.78%) |
79 (10.99%) | 17 (2.36%) |
| Empire Beauty School-Cherry HillPrivate, Less than 2-year | 86 | - | 14 (16.28%) |
15 (17.44%) | 14 (16.28%) |
23 (26.74%) |
14 (16.28%) |
6 (6.98%) | - |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusPublic, 2-4 year | 5,441 | 705 (12.96%) |
1,841 (33.84%) |
1,198 (22.02%) | 704 (12.94%) |
428 (7.87%) |
343 (6.30%) |
154 (2.83%) | 59 (1.08%) |
| Rowan UniversityPublic, 4-year | 19,535 | 421 (2.16%) |
4,534 (23.21%) |
5,901 (30.21%) | 4,226 (21.63%) |
2,318 (11.87%) |
1,253 (6.41%) |
566 (2.90%) | 316 (1.62%) |
| Georgian Court UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,962 | 255 (13.00%) |
347 (17.69%) |
383 (19.52%) | 377 (19.22%) |
204 (10.40%) |
194 (9.89%) |
134 (6.83%) | 68 (3.47%) |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusPrivate, 4-year | 2,823 | 13 (0.46%) |
745 (26.39%) |
922 (32.66%) | 679 (24.05%) |
249 (8.82%) |
122 (4.32%) |
55 (1.95%) | 36 (1.28%) |
| Felician UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,148 | 14 (0.65%) |
440 (20.48%) |
565 (26.30%) | 410 (19.09%) |
285 (13.27%) |
258 (12.01%) |
127 (5.91%) | 49 (2.28%) |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusPrivate, 4-year | 7,285 | 2,397 (32.90%) |
1,164 (15.98%) |
863 (11.85%) | 721 (9.90%) |
540 (7.41%) |
687 (9.43%) |
479 (6.58%) | 349 (4.79%) |
| Empire Beauty School-UnionPrivate, Less than 2-year | 83 | - | 18 (21.69%) |
25 (30.12%) | 12 (14.46%) |
15 (18.07%) |
13 (15.66%) |
- | - |
| Essex County CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,466 | 508 (7.86%) |
1,475 (22.81%) |
1,248 (19.30%) | 1,020 (15.77%) |
770 (11.91%) |
857 (13.25%) |
357 (5.52%) | 231 (3.57%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-South PlainfieldPrivate, 2-4 year | 339 | 1 (0.29%) |
157 (46.31%) |
97 (28.61%) | 40 (11.80%) |
20 (5.90%) |
16 (4.72%) |
7 (2.06%) | 1 (0.29%) |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusPublic, 2-4 year | 2,426 | 1 (0.04%) |
156 (6.43%) |
269 (11.09%) | 961 (39.61%) |
505 (20.82%) |
318 (13.11%) |
134 (5.52%) | 82 (3.38%) |
| County College of MorrisPublic, 2-4 year | 5,838 | 282 (4.83%) |
1,951 (33.42%) |
1,497 (25.64%) | 884 (15.14%) |
506 (8.67%) |
413 (7.07%) |
148 (2.54%) | 144 (2.47%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinPrivate, Less than 2-year | 548 | - | 130 (23.72%) |
121 (22.08%) | 81 (14.78%) |
70 (12.77%) |
96 (17.52%) |
45 (8.21%) | 5 (0.91%) |
| Camden County CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,770 | 373 (4.80%) |
1,848 (23.78%) |
1,407 (18.11%) | 1,077 (13.86%) |
1,000 (12.87%) |
1,111 (14.30%) |
503 (6.47%) | 451 (5.80%) |
| Caldwell UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,028 | 12 (0.59%) |
533 (26.28%) |
640 (31.56%) | 432 (21.30%) |
179 (8.83%) |
109 (5.37%) |
64 (3.16%) | 58 (2.86%) |
| Brookdale Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,896 | 1,807 (18.26%) |
3,260 (32.94%) |
1,812 (18.31%) | 1,074 (10.85%) |
732 (7.40%) |
675 (6.82%) |
273 (2.76%) | 206 (2.08%) |
| Bloomfield CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,153 | 21 (1.82%) |
390 (33.82%) |
366 (31.74%) | 226 (19.60%) |
76 (6.59%) |
50 (4.34%) |
13 (1.13%) | 11 (0.95%) |
| Berkeley College-Woodland ParkPrivate, 4-year | 2,078 | 48 (2.31%) |
186 (8.95%) |
309 (14.87%) | 344 (16.55%) |
388 (18.67%) |
491 (23.63%) |
215 (10.35%) | 91 (4.38%) |
| Bergen Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 11,192 | 540 (4.82%) |
3,264 (29.16%) |
2,710 (24.21%) | 1,747 (15.61%) |
1,264 (11.29%) |
976 (8.72%) |
390 (3.48%) | 240 (2.14%) |
| Atlantic Cape Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,278 | 146 (3.41%) |
1,204 (28.14%) |
923 (21.58%) | 579 (13.53%) |
503 (11.76%) |
556 (13.00%) |
216 (5.05%) | 151 (3.53%) |
| Eastwick College-HackensackPrivate, 4-year | 562 | - | 192 (34.16%) |
34 (6.05%) | 53 (9.43%) |
103 (18.33%) |
117 (20.82%) |
47 (8.36%) | 16 (2.85%) |