The school was founded in Paterson, New Jersey in 1855 as the Paterson City Normal School to provide professional preparation for teachers. In 1875 started to provide a one year program for teachers, which later expanded into a two year program. By 1936 the school accepted those that did not intend to become teachers, later expanding offerings in nursing and business. The name of the school was changed in 1937 to the New Jersey State Teacher's College at Paterson.
William Paterson University is a public university located in Wayne, New Jersey, an affluent suburb of New York City. It is set on 370 wooded acres in northeast New Jersey, the campus is located just 20 miles west of New York City. The University has 10,970 students. During the Fall 2005 semester, 9,110 undergraduate students and 1,860 graduate students were enrolled. It has 1,152 full-time employees, 33.5% of whom are faculty members (386). The average class size is 21.8 with a student to faculty ratio of about 14.6 to 1. Approximately 77% of the undergraduate population are commuter students. The school is not known for having selective admissions, as its acceptance rate is 67%.
Programs
Accounting, African Studies, African-American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Biology, Business, Caribbean Studies, Chemistry, Communication, Communication Disorders, Community Rehabilitation, Computer Science, Counseling, Early Childhood Education, Economics, Educational Leadership, Elementary Education, English, Environmental Sciences, Exercise & Sport Science, Finance, Geography, History, Language, Law, Mathematics, Music, Nursing, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Secondary Education, Sociology, Special Education, Urban Studies, Women and Gender Studies
Campus type
Normal
Carnegie
Master's Colleges and Universities
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Address:
300 Pompton Road
NJ 07470 Wayne
New Jersey
United States
Phone: (877) WPU-EXCEL
http://www.wpunj.edu
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