Bergen Community College Overview

Bergen Community College is a public institution situated in Paramus, New Jersey. Bergen Community College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Bergen Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Bergen Community College is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Bergen Community College.
• For the <nil> academic year, 32% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Bergen Community College bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $43,896 a year. That's about 8% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is 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:	www.bergen.edu

How Do I Get Into Bergen Community College?

You can apply to Bergen Community College online at: https://bergen.edu/welcome-to-bergen/enroll/

Since Bergen Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Bergen Community College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Bergen Community College, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $5,057 a year. That adds up to $20,228 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bergen Community College is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bergen Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,800 undergraduate students at Bergen Community College, with 5,748 being full-time and 5,052 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,748 full-time undergraduates at Bergen Community College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bergen Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	482
Black or African American	365
Hispanic or Latino	2,325
White	1,865
International Students	299
Other Races/Ethnicities	412

Over 82 countries are represented at Bergen Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Turkey, and China.

Online Learning at Bergen Community College

In 2020-2021, 9,409 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bergen Community College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Bergen Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bergen Community College was 333.1%. This is the #213 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Bergen Community College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.