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Union County Vocational Technical School

Scotch Plains, New Jersey Public Less than 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Union County Vocational Technical School is a public career and technical school in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. The campus sits in a large suburban area. It enrolled 88 students in fall 2024.

Union County Vocational Technical School offers certificates across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Electrician, Cosmetology, and Plumbing Technology. It awarded 104 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 100% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
88
Students enrolled
100%
First-year retention
104
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors
17:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 5

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

Construction Trades 2
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Engineering Technologies 2

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
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
17:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Certificates of 1 to 2 years
104

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
88
Undergraduates, fall 2024
88
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
124
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
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
27%
Men
73%
White
31%
Hispanic or Latino
37%
Black or African American
23%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
5%
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%

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Continuous
Superintendent of Schools
Gwendolyn Ryan
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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