Education Alternatives in Newark, New Jersey

New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. NJIT offers 100 degree programs in 27 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate specialties. The school opened as the Newark Technical School in 1881 with 88 students, nad as of 2005, there are 8,058 students. New Jersey Institute of Technology is now home to the Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey School of Architecture, School of Management, Albert Dorman Honors College, College of Science and Liberal Arts, and College of Computing Sciences.

Newark is also the home of Rutgers University - Newark, Seton Hall University School of Law, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark Campus), and Essex County College.

The Newark area is served by Newark Public Schools, a state-operated Abbott school district. This school district enrolls approximately 45,000 students, making it the largest school system in New Jersey. There are about 16 secondary schools, 35 middle schools, 23 primary schools, and 4 other schools.