by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Bergen Community College was awarded 35 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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College Factual ranked Bergen Community College as #266 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bergen Community College held the #477 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Bergen Community College is also ranked #8 out of 45 schools in New Jersey.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Bergen Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
At Bergen Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bergen Community College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Bergen Community College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,409 undergraduates at Bergen Community College with 5,994 being full-time and 5,415 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,241 | $8,580 | $10,820 | $13,994 | $14,907 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bergen Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bergen Community College, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $4,916 a year. That adds up to $19,664 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Bergen Community College.
Contact details for Bergen Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652-1595 |
| Phone: | 201-447-7200 |
| Website: | https://www.bergen.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,609 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 115 | NA |
| Nursing | 100 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 35 | NA |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | 31 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 28 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 26 | NA |
| Legal Support Services | 18 | NA |
| Hospitality Management | 16 | NA |
| Information Technology | 16 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 6,124 students took at least one online class at Bergen Community College. This is a decrease from the 9,409 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,124 | 2,000 |
| 2021-2022 | 9,409 | 5,567 |
| 2020-2021 | 11,067 | 9,927 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,432 | 698 |
Learn more about online learning at Bergen Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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