Alternatives to Pillar College
CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, NY
Bachelor's and master's degrees. Tuition: $15k. Above average on-campus housing option. Approximately 17,100 students. Generally safe campus. Has strong education, psychology, and accounting and finance programs. ROTC programs are offered. ACT 25 to enroll.
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York City, NY
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $15k. Reasonably priced on-campus housing. More than 23,000 students. Generally safe campus. Focus on education, psychology, and biology programs. ACT 28 to enroll.
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY
Bachelor's and master's degrees. Tuition: $15k. Above average on-campus housing. Approximately 14,200 students. Safe campus. Best known for offering education, psychology, and business programs. ACT 26 to enroll.
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Great retention rate. Tuition: $25k. Above average on-campus housing option. Roughly 25,800 students. Very dangerous campus. Focus on medical, nursing, and biology programs. SAT 1370, ACT 31 to enroll.
CUNY City CollegeNew York City, NY
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $15k. Premium on-campus housing. Around 14,500 students. Unsafe campus. Has strong presence in engineering, education, and psychology programs. ACT 27 to enroll.
Rowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Great retention rate. Tuition: $20k. Above average on-campus housing. Around 19,600 students. Very dangerous campus. Has strong presence in management, education, and psychology programs. SAT 1150, ACT 27 to enroll.
Rutgers University New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ
Associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Excellent retention rate. Tuition: $31k. Moderately priced on-campus housing option. About 50,700 students. Dangerous campus. Focus on medical, biology, and management programs. SAT 1340, ACT 31 to enroll.
College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, NY
Associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $15k. Premium on-campus housing. About 10,300 students. Generally safe campus. Best known for offering general studies, psychology, and business programs.
Kean UniversityUnion, NJ
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $18k. Above average on-campus housing option. Roughly 12,900 students. Relatively safe campus. Known for psychology, education, and business programs. ROTC programs. ACT 21 to enroll.
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Rutgers University NewarkNewark, NJ
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $31k. Above average on-campus housing. About 11,100 students. Dangerous campus. Has strong presence in business, management, and accounting and finance programs. ROTC programs are offered. SAT 1070, ACT 21 to enroll.
Essex County CollegeNewark, NJ
Associate's degrees. Tuition: $8k. Moderately priced on-campus housing option. More than 6,500 students. Safe campus. Popular general studies, medical, and medical assistant programs.
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Great retention rate. Tuition: $32k. Moderately priced on-campus housing option. Over 12,400 students. Relatively safe campus. Popular engineering, computer science, and management programs. SAT 1290, ACT 30 to enroll.
Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $46k. Above average on-campus housing. Approximately 9,700 students. Dangerous campus. Strong emphasis on management, law, and accounting and finance programs. ROTC programs are available. SAT 1250, ACT 30 to enroll.
Bloomfield CollegeBloomfield, NJ
Bachelor's and master's degrees. Tuition: $31k. Moderately priced on-campus housing. Approximately 1,200 students. Generally safe campus. Places a focus on theater and drama, dance and ballet, and sociology and anthropology programs. Affiliated with Presbyterian Church. ACT 15 to enroll.
New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, NJ
Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $24k. Above average on-campus housing. More than 6,600 students. Unsafe campus. Best known for offering nursing, education, and psychology programs. ROTC programs. ACT 16 to enroll.
Eastwick College NutleyNutley, NJ
Associate's degrees. Tuition: $15k. About 500 students. Safe campus. Has strong medical assistant, industrial technologies, and HVAC programs.
Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, NJ
Associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $39k. Above average on-campus housing. Around 3,500 students. Generally safe campus. Has strong education, management, and computer science programs. ROTC programs. SAT 920, ACT 19 to enroll.