900 Lakewood Ave.
Lakewood, NJ 08701

Located on 155-acre campus -- only 60 miles from New York -- Georgian Court University was founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of New Jersey. A four-year institution of higher learning, the school provides students with an opportunity to study the liberal arts in the Roman Catholic tradition. Despite this, the New Jersey university is open to students of all faiths, and is comprised of two colleges: the women's college and the University College, a coeducational school.

During their years at Georgian Court University, students will enjoy a student-faculty ratio of 14 to one, courses that are taught by quality faculty members rather than graduate or teacher's assistants, and a faculty of whom 80 percent have attained a doctorate or the highest degree in their field of study.

Quick Facts:

Georgian Court University has been accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Certain individual programs within this New Jersey university have received approval from outside organizations like the Association of Collegiate business Schools and Programs, the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, and the Council on Social Work Education.

Georgian Court University is a member of a number of organizations, including: the American Association of University Women, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, the College Board, the New Jersey Association for Affirmative Action in Higher Education, and the Association of Mercy Colleges.

Georgian Court University is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC). Students participate in such athletics as: basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

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