NJCCC Brochure - New Jersey Council of County Colleges

NJCCC Brochure
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New Jersey’s
Community
Colleges...
New Jersey’s
Community
Colleges
14
19
New Jersey’s community
colleges serve over
300,000 credit and
noncredit students
each year. In addition,
community colleges
work with over 500
New Jersey businesses
to offer job skills training
to 50,000 members of the
state’s workforce.
1
9
3
Brookdale Community College
(732) 224-2000 • www.brookdalecc.edu
4
Burlington County College
(609) 894-9311 • www.bcc.edu
18
15
Fifty-seven
percent of New Jersey residents have some type
of personal experience with community colleges –
25 percent have attended one themselves while
32 percent have a close friend or
family member who has
attended one.
1% Don’t
Know
7
Bergen Community College
(201) 447-7100 • www.bergen.edu
42% No
Experience
3
Camden County College
(856) 227-7200 • www.camdencc.edu
6
Cumberland County College
(856) 691-8600 • www.cccnj.edu
4
13
5
Essex County College
(973) 877-3000
www.essex.edu
Gloucester
County College
(856) 468-5000
www.gccnj.edu
11
10
5
8
57% Personal
Experience
with
Community
Colleges
2
12
Atlantic Cape Community College
(609) 343-4900 • www.atlantic.edu
2
7
Attendance
at Community
Colleges
New Jersey’s
19 Community
Colleges
17
8
16
1
9
Hudson County
Community College
(201) 656-2020 • www.hccc.edu
10
Mercer County Community College
(609) 586-4800 • www.mccc.edu
11
Middlesex County College
(732) 548-6000 • www.middlesexcc.edu
12
County College of Morris
(973) 328-5000 • www.ccm.edu
16
Salem Community College
(856) 299-2100 • www.salemcc.edu
13
Ocean County College
(732) 255-0400 • www.ocean.edu
17
Sussex County Community College
(973) 300-2100 • www.sussex.edu
14
Passaic County Community College
(973) 684-6800 • www.pccc.edu
18
Union County College
(908) 709-7000 • www.ucc.edu
15
Raritan Valley Community College
(908) 526-1200 • www.raritanval.edu
19
Warren County Community College
(908) 835-9222 • www.warren.edu
County Colleges
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NEW JERSEY COUNCIL OF
330 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
(609) 392-3434
Fax: (609) 392-8158
email: [email protected]
www.njccc.org
County Colleges
NEW JERSEY COUNCIL OF
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A Great
Return on
Investment for
A Great
Return on
Investment for
Students who earn a one-year certificate from a community college earn as much as 16 percent more than
people with only a high school diploma or GED.
Students who enroll part-time at a community college
can expect to earn about $500 more per year for each
community college course they complete.
For every $1 a student spends on a community college
education, his/her discounted lifetime earnings will
increase $7.91.
Students recover all costs, including wages forgone
while attending a community college, within six years.
Earnings / Year
For every $1 invested in New Jersey’s community
colleges, over $18 dollars in overall benefits are
returned throughout the state – an impressive 18-to-1
benefits-to-cost ratio.
The rate of return on tax money invested in
community colleges is an impressive 14 percent.
State and county governments actually make
money from investing in community colleges.
People with a community college education are less
likely to smoke, drink, draw welfare or unemployment
benefits or commit crimes. Their added skills translate
into higher earnings, increased tax receipts, fewer social
services and a more robust
state economy.
State and local government support for New
Jersey’s community colleges is fully recovered in
9.2 years, in the form of higher tax receipts from
increased student wages and avoided costs from
reduced public expenditures.
A Great
Return for
the State’s
Students who complete an associate degree will earn
nearly $400,000 more in additional lifetime income
over the course of their careers. This is 37 percent
more than people with only a high school diploma
or GED.
Average
Earnings by
Education
Levels
A Great
Return for
State and Local
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New Jersey’s annual workforce earnings are
$6.3 billion greater due to the past and present
operation of community colleges.
Ninety-five percent of community college students stay
in New Jersey and
contribute to the
statewide economy
after they leave
the community
college.
In addition,
New Jersey’s
business sales
are $16 billion
larger due to the
operation of community colleges.
County Colleges
NEW JERSEY COUNCIL OF
<High School
High School/GED >Associate Degree
Education Levels
330 West State Street • Trenton, NJ 08618
(609) 392-3434 • Fax: (609) 392-8158
email: [email protected] • www.njccc.org