Bergen Community College, Paramus

Bergen Community College is a public community college in Bergen County, New Jersey. It was founded in 1965 and opened in 1968. As of November 2021, it is the largest community college in the state, with sites in Paramus, Hackensack, and Lyndhurst and 13,352 students enrolled in degree programs, as well as approximately 5,800 in continuing and adult education programs. Federal data rank Bergen graduates first in earning the highest salaries among their peers from the state’s 19 two-year institutions, and even out-earning peers from some four-year colleges. Bergen has graduated more than half a million students with associate's degrees and certificates since its founding in 1968. ()