Bergen’s main campus in Paramus.
PARAMUS, N.J. – Prospective students and their families will have the opportunity to explore Bergen Community College, New Jersey’s No. 1 ranked institution for associate degree graduates, during a November open house.
The free event will take place Thursday, Nov. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the College’s main campus, located at 400 Paramus Road. Faculty from Bergen’s 140 academic programs and representatives from financial aid, student life, athletics and the Judith K. Winn School of Honors will attend.
Bergen, which has ranked No. 1 in the state for three consecutive years, also received praise from its accrediting body – the Middle States Commission on Higher Education – this year. Evaluators commended Bergen’s commitment to high institutional standards and found the College in compliance with all of the commission’s 14 “characteristics of excellence.” The group lauded 48 specific areas of the College, referring to them as best practices for any institution.
The institution’s resources include the 65,000 square-foot Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center, which opened in May, and the Cerullo Learning Assistance Center, twice recognized as the top tutoring center in the nation.
Bergen features a comprehensive science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum recently supported by a $5.3 million federal grant. Earlier this year, students, faculty and staff launched a high altitude balloon that soared 96,000 feet above Earth.
With average annual earnings of $65,600, Bergen alumni rank No. 11 in the U.S. for mid-career salaries, according to PayScale, the online compensation database.
For more information, call the Office of Admissions at (201) 447-3595, email [email protected] or visit bergen.edu/openhouses.
Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls 15,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.
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