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Middlesex College

Edison, New Jersey Public 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Middlesex College is a public two-year institution based in Edison, New Jersey. Its campus is in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 12,044 students.

Middlesex College offers certificates and associate degrees across 59 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business Administration and Management, and Physical Sciences, General. It awarded 1,591 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 72% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 21 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
12,044
Students enrolled
72%
First-year retention
1,591
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
59
Programs and majors
21:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 59

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

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Business, Management and Marketing 10
Health Professions 12
Physical Sciences 2
Communications Technologies 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 5
Education 2
Computer and Information Sciences 4
Engineering Technologies 10
Engineering 1
Visual and Performing Arts 4
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 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
72%
First-year retention, part-time students
49%
Student-to-faculty ratio
21:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
1,569
Certificates under 1 year
5
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
17

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
12,044
Undergraduates, fall 2024
12,044
Full-time, fall 2024
36%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
17,697
Full-time, 2024-25
28%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

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

Women
54%
Men
46%
White
20%
Hispanic or Latino
32%
Black or African American
10%
Asian
22%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
5%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
21%
Students taking some online courses
35%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. Mark McCormick
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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