Community colleges
Community Colleges in New Jersey
CampusPin lists 19 public community colleges among New Jersey's 85 colleges, about 22.4% of the state's institutions. Community colleges are the most affordable on-ramp to higher education, with a median published in-state tuition of $5,082 in this snapshot.
New Jersey community colleges by the numbers
- Community colleges
- 19
- Share of state colleges
- 22.4%
- Median published in-state tuition
- $5,082
- National public 2-year median
- $4,288
- Lowest published tuition
- Camden County College ($4,320)
Counts and shares come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution snapshot; the tuition median is the published in-state figure from the tuition-by-state snapshot. Those cover every community college in the state. Here a community college means a public two-year college; private two-year and career schools are not counted. The list below covers all 19 of them. Published prices are before financial aid, net price is typically lower, and lower tuition is not a measure of quality.
What work without a bachelor's degree pays in New Jersey
69% of jobs in New Jersey are in occupations the federal government reports as typically entered with an associate degree, a certificate, some college, a high-school diploma, or no formal credential. 26% of that employment pays more than $58,570, the median wage across all occupations there.
- Jobs not typically needing a bachelor's
- 69%
- Of those, paying above the local median
- 26%
- New Jersey median wage, all occupations
- $58,570
- Best-paid such occupation in New Jersey
- Athletes and sports competitors ($253,870) — typically entered with no formal educational credential
These figures describe occupations, not graduates. They do not measure what community-college students in New Jersey earn, and they are not evidence that any credential caused the pay. Typical entry education is a national assignment describing what people entering an occupation usually hold, not a requirement and not a guarantee that a particular employer accepts it. A median describes everyone working in an occupation, experienced and new alike, so it is not a starting salary, and wages are not adjusted for cost of living.
All community colleges in New Jersey
- Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing · $6,068 published in-state tuition
- Bergen Community College, Paramus · $4,913 published in-state tuition
- Brookdale Community College, Lincroft · $6,270 published in-state tuition
- Camden County College, Blackwood · $4,320 published in-state tuition
- County College of Morris, Randolph · $6,210 published in-state tuition
- Essex County College, Newark · $5,415 published in-state tuition
- Hudson County Community College, Jersey City · $5,384 published in-state tuition
- Mercer County Community College, West Windsor · $5,310 published in-state tuition
- Middlesex College, Edison · $4,764 published in-state tuition
- Ocean County College, Toms River · $4,906 published in-state tuition
- Passaic County Community College, Paterson · $6,300 published in-state tuition
- Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg · $5,664 published in-state tuition
- Rowan College at Burlington County, Mount Laurel · $6,990 published in-state tuition
- Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus, Vineland · $5,160 published in-state tuition
- Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus, Sewell · $5,160 published in-state tuition
- Salem Community College, Carneys Point · $6,360 published in-state tuition
- Sussex County Community College, Newton · $5,544 published in-state tuition
- UCNJ Union College of Union County NJ, Cranford · $5,280 published in-state tuition
- Warren County Community College, Washington · $5,460 published in-state tuition
Why start at a New Jersey community college?
Community colleges typically offer open or less-selective admission, the lowest published tuition of any sector, and transfer pathways that let students complete lower-division coursework before moving to a four-year university. They also serve working and returning students with part-time, evening, and online options. Confirm transfer-credit and articulation agreements with each college and your target university. Because two-year colleges anchor the low-cost end of every state's mix, our cost and outcomes by state research puts that affordability in context against each state's overall medians.
Community colleges in nearby states
Data sources & methodology
Community-college counts and shares for New Jersey come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution and tuition-by-state snapshots; the college list is compiled live from each institution's record.
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. Community Colleges in New Jersey. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/community-colleges-in/new-jersey