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== Education == ===Colleges and universities=== [[Rutgers University-Camden]] is located in the [[Camden Central Business District|downtown]]/[[Camden Waterfront|waterfront]] district of [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], and dates back to 1926 with the founding of the [[Rutgers Law School|South Jersey Law School]].<ref>[http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers-camden About Rutgers–Camden] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224249/http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers-camden |date=October 4, 2013 }}, [[Rutgers University-Camden]]. Accessed October 3, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/page/campus-history Campus History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005738/http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/page/campus-history |date=October 5, 2013 }}, [[Rutgers University-Camden]]. Accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> [[Rutgers Law School|Rutgers School of Law–Camden]] is one of two campuses of [[Rutgers Law School]], the other being in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]].<ref>[https://law.rutgers.edu/our-locations Our Locations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916023212/http://law.rutgers.edu/our-locations |date=September 16, 2017 }}, [[Rutgers Law School]]. Accessed March 6, 2018.</ref> The [[Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine]] is located in [[Stratford, New Jersey|Stratford]] and dates to 1976. It is the state's only osteopathic medical school and was South Jersey's first four-year college of medicine.<ref>[http://www.rowan.edu/som/about/ About] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117042503/http://www.rowan.edu/som/about/ |date=November 17, 2014 }}, [[Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine]]. Accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> The [[Cooper Medical School of Rowan University]] is located in the downtown/university district of Camden. Established as a four-year medical school in 1975, the relationship with [[Rowan University]] was formed in 2008.<ref>[http://www.rowan.edu/coopermed/about/history/ History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523080139/http://www.rowan.edu/coopermed/about/history/ |date=May 23, 2015 }}, [[Cooper Medical School of Rowan University]]. Accessed May 12, 2015.</ref> [[Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences]] has a campus in Stratford which hosts its dental school and school of public health.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rbhs.rutgers.edu/|title=Home - Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences|website=rbhs.rutgers.edu|access-date=May 1, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702061128/http://rbhs.rutgers.edu/|archive-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref> [[Rowan University|Rowan University at Camden]] is located on Cooper Street in Camden and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees.<ref>[https://www.rowan.edu/home/map/about/visiting-rowan-university/camden-campus Camden Campus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151024/https://www.rowan.edu/home/map/about/visiting-rowan-university/camden-campus |date=March 7, 2018 }}, [[Rowan University]]. Accessed March 6, 2018.</ref> [[Camden County College]] is a two-year public [[community college]] serving students from Camden County. The school has campuses in [[Blackwood, New Jersey|Blackwood]], Camden and [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]], and was founded in 1967.<ref>[http://www.camdencc.edu/about/ About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224136/http://www.camdencc.edu/about/ |date=October 4, 2013 }}, [[Camden County College]]. Accessed October 3, 2013. "Its three distinct campuses in Blackwood, Camden and Cherry Hill – along with its satellite locations in Lakeland, Sicklerville and elsewhere throughout the County – share the common mission of providing accessible, affordable higher education and occupational study to all who can benefit.... Camden County College's mission was launched when what had been the Mother of the Savior Seminary was purchased early in 1967. That fall, the first class of Camden County College students was taking courses on what had become the Blackwood Campus."</ref> ===Primary and secondary education=== The county has the following school districts:<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/camden New Jersey School Directory for Camden County], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_list.asp?Search=1&details=1&State=34&County=Camden+County Search for Public School Districts in Camden County, New Jersey], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed August 1, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34007_camden/DC20SD_C34007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806225953/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34007_camden/DC20SD_C34007.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Camden County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 6, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34007_camden/DC20SD_C34007_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> ;K-12: {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Audubon School District]] *[[Camden City School District]] *[[Cherry Hill Public Schools]] *[[Collingswood Public Schools]] *[[Gloucester City Public Schools]] *[[Haddon Heights School District]] *[[Haddon Township School District]] *[[Haddonfield Public Schools]] *[[Lindenwold Public Schools]] *[[Pennsauken Public Schools]] *[[Pine Hill Schools]] *[[Winslow Township School District]] {{div col end}} ;Secondary (9-12): *[[Black Horse Pike Regional School District]] *[[Camden County Technical Schools]] *[[Eastern Camden County Regional High School District]] *[[Sterling High School (New Jersey)|Sterling High School]] ;Elementary (K-8, except as indicated): {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Barrington Public Schools]] *[[Bellmawr School District]] *[[Berlin Borough School District]] *[[Berlin Township Public Schools]] *[[Brooklawn Public School District]] *[[Chesilhurst Borough School District]] (K-6) *[[Clementon School District]] *[[Gibbsboro School District]] *[[Gloucester Township Public Schools]] *[[Laurel Springs School District]] (K-6) *[[Lawnside School District]] *[[Magnolia School District (New Jersey)|Magnolia School District]] *[[Merchantville School District]] *[[Mount Ephraim Public Schools]] *[[Oaklyn Public School District]] (K-5) *[[Runnemede Public School District]] *[[Somerdale School District]] *[[Stratford School District]] *[[Voorhees Township Public Schools]] *[[Waterford Township School District]] (K-6) *[[Woodlynne School District]] {{div col end}} ;Former school districts: * Pine Valley Borough School District,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34007_camden/DC20SD_C34007.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Camden County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-24|page=2 (PDF p. 3/3)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34007_camden/DC20SD_C34007_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> non-operating.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100206052000/http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm Archive]), [[New Jersey Department of Education]] press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2009.</ref> Pine Valley Borough merged into Pine Hill Borough circa 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Riordan|first=Kevin|url=https://www.inquirer.com/life/pine-valley-golf-course-merger-20211103.html|title=Humble Pine Hill gets ready to welcome the posh Pine Valley Golf Club as two N.J. boroughs become one|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=2021-11-03|accessdate=2024-09-24}}</ref> [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]] operates area Catholic schools.
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