Editing Union County, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
===Tertiary education===
[[Kean University]], a co-educational, public research university dating back to 1855 is located in Union and [[Hillside, New Jersey|Hillside]], serving nearly 13,000 undergraduates. Kean University educates its students in the liberal arts, the sciences and the professions; it is best known for its programs in the humanities and social sciences and in education, graduating the most teachers in the state of New Jersey annually, along with a physical therapy program which it holds in conjunction with the [[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]].<ref>[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/kean-university-2622 Kean University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004730/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/kean-university-2622 |date=October 5, 2013 }}, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''. Accessed October 2, 2013.</ref>

[[Union College (New Jersey)|Union College]] is the two-year [[Community colleges in the United States|community college]] for Union County, one of a network of 19 county colleges in New Jersey. Union College was founded in 1933 as Union County College and has campuses in Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield and Scotch Plains.<ref>[http://www.ucc.edu/about/Generalinformation General Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928041338/http://www.ucc.edu/about/Generalinformation |date=September 28, 2011 }}, [[Union County College]]. Accessed October 2, 2013.</ref>

===School districts===
Most municipalities have their own public high schools, exceptions being [[Garwood, New Jersey|Garwood]], whose students attend [[Arthur L. Johnson High School]] in Clark; [[Winfield Township, New Jersey|Winfield]], whose students attend David Brearley High School in Kenilworth; and Mountainside, whose students attend [[Governor Livingston High School]] in Berkeley Heights. Fanwood is mostly merged with Scotch Plains educationally and the two towns have one high school.

The county has the following school districts:<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/union New Jersey School Directory for Union 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=Union+County Search for Public School Districts in Union 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/c34039_union/DC20SD_C34039.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807002955/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34039_union/DC20SD_C34039.pdf |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Union County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 6, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34039_union/DC20SD_C34039_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
;K-12:
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*[[Berkeley Heights Public Schools]]
*[[Clark Public School District]]
*[[Cranford Township Public Schools]]
*[[Elizabeth Public Schools]]
*[[Hillside Public Schools]]
*[[Kenilworth Public Schools]]
*[[Linden Public Schools]]
*[[New Providence School District]]
*[[Plainfield Public School District]]
*[[Rahway Public Schools]]
*[[Roselle Park School District]]
*[[Roselle Public Schools]]
*[[Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District]]
*[[Springfield Public Schools (New Jersey)|Springfield Public Schools]]
*[[Summit Public Schools]]
*[[Union Public School District (New Jersey)|Union Public School District]]
*[[Westfield Public Schools]]
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;Elementary (K-8)
*[[Garwood Public Schools]]
*[[Mountainside School District]]
*[[Winfield Township School District]]

The county also has [[Union County Vocational Technical Schools]], which has both full-time magnet programs that students must apply to, and split-time vocational programs.