Thanks to extensive partnerships with colleges and universities, students don’t just prepare for college — they experience it as part of their vocational-technical high school program.
Two- and four-year institutions in New Jersey and beyond partner with county vocational-technical schools to align curriculum and award credits for college-level academic and career courses. Thanks to strong articulation agreements with college and university partners, many students earn a semester or full year of college credits at little or no cost to families. In some cases, students graduate with an associate degree.
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New Jersey higher education partners include:
- Atlantic Cape Community College
- Bergen Community College
- Brookdale Community College
- Camden County College
- Centenary University
- County College of Morris
- Cumberland County College
- Essex County College
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Hudson County Community College
- Kean University
- Mercer County Community College
- Middlesex County College
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Ocean County College
- Passaic County Community College
- Ramapo University
- Raritan Valley Community College
- Rowan College at Burlington County
- Rowan College of South Jersey
- Rowan University
- Salem County College
- Seton Hall University
- Stockton University
- Sussex County Community College
- Rutgers University
- Thomas Edison State University
- Union County College
- Warren County Community College
- William Paterson University
Beyond the Garden State, collegiate partners include:
- Culinary Institute of America
- Delaware Valley University
- Johnson and Wales University
- Syracuse University
- University of Northwestern Ohio
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