Page 15 - Princeton-Mercer - 2019 Regional Life

of athletic offerings and community service requirements that take its students outside themselves and their neighborhoods.
Colleges and Universities
From the Ivy League halls of Princeton University to the large virtual Thomas Edison State University, Princeton- Mercer offers postsecondary options for students of all ages and interests.
Princeton is, of course, home to Princeton University, dating from 1746. With its storied past and accomplished alumni, Princeton is a focal point of the community. Its campus is a beautiful escape for residents and also home to the Princeton University Art Museum
and other entertainment venues. Princeton has about 6,700 benefit-eligible employees — of whom, it should be noted, 26 are Nobel Prize winners.
The Princeton Theological Seminary, established in 1812 by the Presbyterian Church, continues to educate theologians and church leaders. Its campus is adjacent to the university.
The area also offers other higher education opportunities:
Rider University has campuses in Princeton and Lawrenceville with 4,100 undergraduates and 1,050 graduate students. Founded in 1865 as a
business college, Rider is now a private, comprehensive university with more than 65 undergraduate majors. Its students come from 37 states, 76 countries
and two U.S. territories. In 1992, Rider merged with Westminster Choir College, a four-year music school with a Princeton campus, which became a division of Rider’s Westminster College of Fine Arts.
The College of New Jersey in Ewing, about 10 miles from Princeton, is a public residential college focusing on the undergraduate experience. With more than 6,700 undergraduates in its seven colleges, it gets consistently high rankings from national publications and associations. Its graduate division focuses on counseling and educational leadership.
Thomas Edison State University, founded in 1972 in Trenton, is one of the county’s newest institutions of higher learning. Established to provide diverse and alternative postsecondary education to adults, the university has more than
17,000 students in its largely online courses. The average student’s age is 35. Degrees in more than 100 areas of study can be earned through online programs, credit exams and other flexible options.
Mercer County Community College, with campuses in West Windsor and downtown Trenton, offers 75 associate degree programs and credit, noncredit and certificate courses. The college
has a dual admissions program that guarantees transfer admission to five colleges, including Rider, The College of New Jersey and Thomas Edison State University.
INSPIRING THE BEST IN EACH TO SEEK THE
BEST FOR ALL.
www.lawrenceville.org
www.princetonchamber.org 13