Photo: KForce at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Bergen Community College is 4.9 miles from Hackensack
Eastwick College-Hackensack (874 students on campus) is inside the city, and Bergen Community College (9,883) is 4.9 miles from the center, just over the line in Paramus. About 6% of Hackensack’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 Hackensack. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Hackensack
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Hackensack
76 private colleges within 14.8 miles, 18 public colleges within 14.8 miles, and 12 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 $75–110k, where Hackensack’s median household income ($84,277) 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 Hackensack: 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: Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus (2); Montclair State (2); Bloomfield College of Montclair State (2); American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York (2); Rutgers University-Newark (3); Pacific College of Health and Science (3); Mildred Elley-New York Campus (3).
What students study in Hackensack
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at Eastwick College-Hackensack, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
Biggest programs
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in Hackensack
Is Hackensack a college town?
No. About 6 of every 100 Hackensack residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as New Jersey (6). The largest campus in the city, Eastwick College-Hackensack, has 874 students on campus.
What colleges are in Hackensack?
Eastwick College-Hackensack is inside the city. Bergen Community College is 4.9 miles from the center, in Paramus, Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus is 1 mile from the center, in Teaneck Township, and Jersey College is 2 miles from the center, in Teterboro.
What is the closest community college to Hackensack, and what does it cost?
Bergen Community College in Paramus, 4.9 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,913 a year for New Jersey residents; the federal net price, $10,345, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Montclair State University cost if we live in New Jersey?
Tuition and fees are $15,912 a year in-state and $26,022 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,880 (under $30,000 income) to $25,573 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
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 Hackensack. 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 →