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Garden State Science and Technology Institute

Jersey City, New Jersey Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large city

Overview

Garden State Science and Technology Institute is a private for-profit career and technical school based in Jersey City, New Jersey. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 917 students in fall 2024.

Garden State Science and Technology Institute offers certificates across 1 program, the largest being Medical/Clinical Assistant. It awarded 354 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 64% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 30 to 1.

Mission

Our Institutional mission is grounded in the belief that we must provide learning opportunities, which meet the needs of a diverse student population through the following: Quality career planning, education, and training for today's 21st Century workforce. Enable graduates to attain and sustain employment after successful measures of competency have been reached.

Mission statement as reported by Garden State Science and Technology Institute

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
917
Students enrolled
64%
First-year retention
354
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
1
Programs and majors
30:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 1

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
64%
First-year retention, part-time students
69%
Student-to-faculty ratio
30:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates of 1 to 2 years
354

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
917
Undergraduates, fall 2024
917
Full-time, fall 2024
58%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,627
Full-time, 2024-25
64%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
96%
Men
4%
White
3%
Hispanic or Latino
23%
Black or African American
68%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Continuous
President
Pankaj Patel
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates

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