Engage with a growing, competitive economic setting, ideal for nurturing your successful career or company. Surrounded by world class research institutions, including Rutgers and Princeton Universities, Somerset County, NJ affords connections with academic research and opportunities for continued learning for all ages.
Somerset County, NJ is an educated community, with nearly 30 percent of residents possessing a Bachelor’s Degree and nearly 25 percent possessing a graduate or professional degree.
Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) serves 8,000 students each semester and offers transfer agreements with 80 colleges and universities, ensuring the portability of credits towards a four year degree. RVCC also has dual admissions agreements with 12 colleges and universities, guaranteeing admission to the other college or university with junior standing.
Science, Arts, Exam Prep and more for children ages 5-17
Build a robot. Design a website. Learn to sew. Prepare for a standardized test. Raritan Valley Community College offers a safe and enriching environment for your children to learn and develop their mental and physical abilities. Courses are offered throughout the year including during school break periods and over the summer.
Professional Development to Give You the Edge
In the highly competitive, global business world, you need the competitive edge to succeed. From business to computer to languages Raritan Valley Community College offers courses to help you advance your career. RVCC offers professional certifications designed to prove your mastery in a given area and help you become more marketable as an employee.
Access to Research Institutions
Somerset County, NJ provides you (and your employees) with access to world renowned academic research at both public and private institutions. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and Princeton University, among many others, are easily and readily available for academic and research pursuits.
