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The College of New Jersey, commonly called TCNJ, is a four-year public institution located in Ewing Township, New Jersey which is a northern suburb of Trenton, New Jersey. It is located off of Route 31 and is enclosed by an on campus loop called Metzger Drive. It was founded in 1855 when it was established by the New Jersey state legislature. Originally located on Clinton Avenue in Trenton it did not move to the 210-acre campus in Ewing Township until 1928. It is usually ranked as the top public college in New Jersey and one of the top in the United States though as a publicly funded state school tuition remains relatively low. The College of New Jersey has a 4 credit system where students take 4 classes a semester. The college employs 324 full time faculty members. The College of New Jersey maintains a liberal arts curriculum with a combination of core classes and general education. TCNJ’s mascot is the Lion.In 2004 The College of New Jersey was named one of the nation's top schools, according to rankings published in the 2005 edition of Barron's Profiles of American Colleges. This is the first time TCNJ had achieved the “Most Competitive” category.
1 Student Housing
With an average of 6,000 total students, TCNJ accommodates about 4,000 on campus in 12 dorms. Freshmen and sophomores are guaranteed housing on campus. Juniors and seniors enter a lottery to determine if they get on campus housing. Travers and Wolfe, commonly called T/W, is a ten-story building with 2 towers that is reserved for freshman. Cromwell is a six-story freshman dorm. Decker is a six-story sophomore dorm. Ewing Township has limited all new buildings be at a height of no more than three stories. None of the buildings, except for T/W, Cromwell, and Decker, are over three stories.
2 Lakes
There are two lakes on campus. Lake Ceva is on its north side and Lake Sylva is on its west side.
3 Former Names
- 1855 New Jersey State Normal School
- 1908 New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton
- 1929 New Jersey State Teachers College and State Normal School at Trenton
- 1937 New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton
- 1958 Trenton State College
- 1996 The College of New Jersey
4 Trivia
1 Majors
- Accounting
- Art
- Art History
- Art Teacher Prep
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- ChemistryChemistry is the science of matter and its interactions with energy (see physics, biology). Because of the diversity of matter (which is mostly atomic), Chemists are often engaged in the pursuit of studying how atoms interact to form molecules, and how mo
- Civil Engineering
- CommunicationsThe term communications is used in a number of disciplines: communications also known as communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication. In geography, communications are the physical routes ( roads, rivers, canals, railways,
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- CriminologyCriminology is a sub-field of sociology dealing with matters related to crime and criminal behavior. It includes fields such as crime statistics, criminal psychology, forensic science, law enforcement, and detective methods. Naturally, criminology must ta & Justice Studies
- Digital Art
- Early Childhood Education
- Education of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Elementary Education
- Engineering Management
- English
- English Teacher Prep.
- Finance
- General Business
- Graphic Design
- History
- History Teacher Prep.
- Interactive Multimedia
- International Business
- International Studies
- Journalism
- Management
- Marketing
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Music Performance
- Music Education
- Nursing
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Sociology and Pre Social Work
- Spanish
- Spanish Teaching
- Women's & Gender Studies
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