Colleges Near Chester
1 college is in Chester, and 152 total within 50 miles enrolling 858,074 students.
The closest option is County College of Morris in Randolph, 7.5 miles from Chester (about 9-13 minutes by car). Chester (pop. 1,649) is in New Jersey.
Princeton University in Princeton ranks #1 nationally. Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College enrolls the most students with 264. United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point has the lowest tuition at $895 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Chester. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Chester. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Chester.
Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok
- Private 4 Year
- Elizabeth, NJ
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- 26 miles from Chester
An Orthodox Jewish yeshiva known for intensive undergraduate Talmud and Torah study. Students follow a traditional full-time religious learning schedule on its Elizabeth campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $29,330
Berkeley College Woodland Park
- Private 4 Year
- Woodland Park, NJ
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- 27 miles from Chester
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.92
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $27,815
Essex County College
- Public 2 Year
- Newark, NJ
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- 27 miles from Chester
Essex County College is a public community college offering associate degrees and career certificate programs. The urban campus is located in downtown Newark.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $4,971
New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Newark, NJ
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 27 miles from Chester
NJIT is a public technological university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and architecture. The urban campus is located in Newark.
- SAT Range 1210-1460
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $17,313
Rutgers University Newark
- Public 4 Year
- Newark, NJ
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 27 miles from Chester
Rutgers-Newark is a public university known for undergraduate business and criminal justice. The urban campus is located in downtown Newark.
- SAT Range 1030-1270
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $18,276
Passaic County Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Paterson, NJ
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- 29 miles from Chester
Passaic County Community College is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing and business. The main campus is an urban site in Paterson.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,646
William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Public 4 Year
- Wayne, NJ
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- 28 miles from Chester
William Paterson is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and music. The suburban Wayne campus sits in northern New Jersey within reach of New York City.
- SAT Range 990-1345
- Avg GPA 2.97
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $13,509
Lafayette College
- Private 4 Year
- Easton, PA
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- 28 miles from Chester
Lafayette is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate engineering alongside the liberal arts. The residential hillside campus in Easton overlooks the Delaware and Lehigh rivers.
- SAT Range 1350-1500
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Acceptance Rate 31%
- Net Price $38,442
St Paul's School of Nursing Staten Island
- Private 2 Year
- Staten Island, NY
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- 30 miles from Chester
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $34,808
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- East Stroudsburg, PA
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 29 miles from Chester
East Stroudsburg is a public university known for undergraduate education, athletic training, and exercise science. The campus sits in the Pocono Mountains near the Delaware Water Gap.
- SAT Range 1000-1180
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Acceptance Rate 92%
- Net Price $18,610
Felician University
- Private 4 Year
- Lodi, NJ
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- 31 miles from Chester
Felician is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The main campus is in suburban Lodi in northern New Jersey, with a second campus in nearby Rutherford.
- SAT Range 890-1150
- Avg GPA 3.05
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $15,569
Princeton University
- Private 4 Year
- Princeton, NJ
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 31 miles from Chester
Princeton is an Ivy League university known for undergraduate economics, public policy, and engineering. Most undergraduates complete a required senior thesis and live in residential colleges.
- SAT Range 1510-1580
- Avg GPA 3.93
- Acceptance Rate 5%
- Net Price $15,313
New Jersey City University
- Public 4 Year
- Jersey City, NJ
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- 32 miles from Chester
NJCU is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The urban campus sits in Jersey City across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
- SAT Range 890-1140
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Acceptance Rate 98%
- Net Price $16,724
College of Staten Island CUNY
- Public 4 Year
- Staten Island, NY
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- 31 miles from Chester
College of Staten Island is a public CUNY college known for undergraduate nursing, teacher education, and business. Its large Staten Island campus is one of New York City's most spacious college grounds.
- SAT Range 890-1250
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Acceptance Rate 92%
- Net Price $6,525
Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary
- Private 4 Year
- Staten Island, NY
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- 32 miles from Chester
Torah Temimah is a private talmudical seminary known for undergraduate Talmud and Torah studies. Most students follow a traditional yeshiva curriculum on the Staten Island campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 56%
- Net Price $25,556
Bergen Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Paramus, NJ
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- 33 miles from Chester
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. Most students commute to the suburban campus in Paramus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,973
Hudson County Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Jersey City, NJ
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 33 miles from Chester
Hudson County Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, culinary arts, and business programs. The urban campus is in Jersey City across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,528
Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Public 4 Year
- Mahwah, NJ
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- 34 miles from Chester
Ramapo is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and communication arts. The wooded suburban campus sits in the Ramapo Mountains foothills near the New York border.
- SAT Range 1130-1300
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $17,566