Business Climate

New Jersey's Largest Education Center

Six colleges and universities give Newark the distinction of being New Jersey's largest education center. Clustered in the University Heights neighborhood, the schools are immediately adjacent to downtown Newark and are linked directly to the business core by subway and bus. Approximately 60,000 students and faculty from 50 states and six continents converge on the campuses, bringing with them energy, intellect and a youthful sense of possibility.

The colleges and universities have also invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Newark in recent years, expanding facilities, creating laboratories and updating dormitories. Perhaps most notable has been the creation of University Heights Science Park, a collaborative initiative spearheaded by the Council of Higher Education in Newark (CHEN). When complete, the $350 million project will encompass 1 million square feet of high-tech laboratories and offices, 75,000 square feet of technology incubator space, two blocks of housing and a new 800-student, technology-oriented high school.

Two incubators at Science Park have already opened their doors and are now home to more than 50 technology start-ups. A newly announced commercial office building – the Digital Century Center – will provide 100,000 square feet of space for technology companies that have gone beyond the incubation stage.

Rutgers University – Newark Campus

6,500 undergraduates; 4,000 graduate students
37 acres, 33 buildings
7 colleges and schools, including The Newark College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Nursing, The School of Criminal Justice, The Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Rutgers Business School, The Graduate School-Newark and The School of Public Affairs and Administration
U.S. News & World Report has ranked as the most diverse national university campus and among the nation's leading doctoral-granting universities

Seton Hall University School of Law

1,140 students pursuing J.D., L.L.M and M.S.J degrees
An "urban quad" housed at One Newark Center, including the 650,000-square-foot Peter Rondino, Jr. Law Library
Home to The Center for Heath & Pharmaceutical Law, The Center for Social Justice and Gibbons Institute of Law, Science and Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

5,380 undergraduates; 2,829 graduates
45 acres, 26 buildings
92 degree programs within six schools: Newark College of Engineering, College of Science and Liberal Arts, NJ School of Architecture, School of Management, Albert Dorman Honors College and College of Computing Science.
20 multidisciplinary centers, including the Enterprise Development Center, receive $77.5 million in research support.

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)

2,500 students on Newark campus, largest of four campus throughout NJ
41 fields of study, offering 41 graduate degrees or certificates and 18 undergraduate degrees or certificates
Newark campus home to the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, New Jersey Dental School, New Jersey Medical School, The School of Health Related Professions, The School of Nursing and the School of Public Health
International Center for Public Health and the Behavioral Health Science Buildings also located on the Newark campus

Berkeley College

Newark campus located in a state-of-the-art renovated facility in central business district adjacent to Verizon and IDT headquarters and directly across from Washington Park
Associates and bachelor's degrees offered in a variety of business fields, including accounting, marketing, financial services and information systems management

Essex County College

Public two-year college offering associates degrees and continuing education courses to the 25,000 people who enroll each year
70 majors and 564 courses
22 acres, with 500,000-square-foot complex covering three city blocks that contains classrooms, laboratories, library, physical education center, child development center, student center, the Center for Technology and the Mary B. Burch Theater for the Performing Arts.

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University Heights Science Park
Rutgers University – Newark Campus
Seton Hall University School of Law
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Berkeley College
Essex County College