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Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mission

Address

505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430-1680

Website

http://www.ramapo.edu

Admissions E-mail

admissions@ramapo.edu

School Mission

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Ramapo College of New Jersey is sometimes mistaken for a private college. This is, in part, due to its unique interdisciplinary academic structure, its size of around 6, 000 students, and its pastoral setting. Ramapo offer bachelor's degrees in the arts, business, humanities, social sciences and the sciences, master's degrees in nursing, educational technology and liberal arts, as well as professional studies including teacher certification and social work. Ramapo has articulation programs at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels in the health and medical fields. Ramapo offers these joint programs in partnership with the University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ), New York Chiropractic College, the State University of New York (SUNY), New York University College of Dentistry, and New York College of Podiatric Medicine. Ramapo boasts an average student faculty ratio of 17 to 1. The average class size of 23 affords students the opportunity to develop close ties to Ramapo's exceptional faculty, of whom more than 94 percent hold terminal degrees in their field.

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