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On this page below the city data, you’ll also find a list of the Universities and Colleges in Carteret. Clicking on the Colleges's name will take you to a profile containing contact information, program facts, tuition and fees, affiliation and accreditation, admission requirements, information on student enrollment, and much more. Being able to see all the college options in a city can help you decide whether college or university study in Carteret is right for you.
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CARTERET, NEW JERSEY QUICK STATSCounty: Middlesex
Incorporated: 1906
Elevation: 16 feet
Land Area: 4.36 square miles
Population Density: 5357 people per square mile
Population: 23,367
Population change since 2000: 12.80%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (57.2%), Hispanic (23.4%), Black (9.5%), Other race (9.3%), Asian Indian (5.9%), Two or more races (3.9%), Filipino (1.3%), American Indian (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries (City): Italian (14.3%), Irish (12.9%), Polish (12.3%), German (7.2%), Hungarian (4.6%), Ukrainian (3.7%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Staten Island, NY (4.7 miles , pop. 443,728)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Brooklyn, NY (15.3 miles , pop. 2,465,326)
Nearest cities: Port Reading, NJ (1.1 miles ), Sewaren, NJ (1.6 miles ), Avenel, NJ (1.6 miles ), Rahway, NJ (1.8 miles ), Woodbridge, NJ (1.8 miles ), Linden, NJ (1.9 miles ), Colonia, NJ (2.1 miles ), Iselin, NJ (2.1 miles )
Carteret Compared to State Average: Median house value above state average. Unemployed percentage above state average. Black race population percentage significantly above state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
CARTERET, NEW JERSEY EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 74.90%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 12.80%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.70%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Carteret:
CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND about 5 miles, STATEN ISLAND, NY, Full-time enrollment: 8,135 UNION COUNTY COLLEGE about 7 miles, CRANFORD, NJ, FT enrollment: 5,856 KEAN UNIVERSITY about 9 miles, UNION, NJ, FT enrollment: 8,627 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK about 11 miles, NEWARK, NJ, FT enrollment: 6,878 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY about 11 miles, NEWARK, NJ, FT enrollment: 6,565 ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE about 11 miles, NEWARK, NJ, FT enrollment: 5,893 NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY about 12 miles, JERSEY CITY, NJ, FT enrollment: 5,582
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