Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0New Jersey Institute of Technology is 1 mile from East Newark
No college sits inside East Newark’s boundary, but New Jersey Institute of Technology’s campus in Newark, with 12,314 students on campus, is 1 mile from the center of town, and Essex County College is 1.3 miles away in Newark. About 6% of East Newark’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of East Newark. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from East Newark
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of East Newark
89 private colleges within 14.7 miles, 20 public colleges within 13.9 miles, and 15 community colleges.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where East Newark’s median household income ($48,646) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of East Newark: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Rutgers University-Newark (3); Bloomfield College of Montclair State (2); Montclair State (2); Mildred Elley-New York Campus (3); Pacific College of Health and Science (3); American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York (2); Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus (2); Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus (2).
Questions about college near East Newark
Is East Newark a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 East Newark residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Jersey (6). The nearest campus, New Jersey Institute of Technology, is 1 mile away in Newark.
What colleges are near East Newark?
119 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: New York University (8.8 miles, 53,873 students on campus), Columbia University in the City of New York (11.2 miles, 33,821) and CUNY Hunter College (10.4 miles, 22,220).
What is the closest community college to East Newark, and what does it cost?
Essex County College in Newark, 1.3 miles away. Tuition and fees are $5,415 a year for New Jersey residents; the federal net price, $4,436, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does New Jersey Institute of Technology cost if we live in New Jersey?
Tuition and fees are $19,974 a year in-state and $37,664 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,138 (under $30,000 income) to $27,244 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of East Newark. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →