Editing Essex County, New Jersey (section)

===Higher education===
Essex County has five public and four private institutions. Another private college<!--Uppsala--> closed in 1995, and Bloomfield College was absorbed into Montclair State University in July 2023.

;Public
* [[Essex County College]] – a two-year [[community college]] that offers A.A., A.S., and A.A.S. degrees, the school opened in 1968. The school's main campus is in the [[University Heights, Newark, New Jersey|University Heights]] section of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], with a satellite campus in [[West Caldwell, New Jersey|West Caldwell]].<ref>[http://www.essex.edu/about/ About], [[Essex County College]]. Accessed November 29, 2015. "The main campus is located in the heart of University Heights in Newark, New Jersey. Our urban campus covers three city blocks and houses high tech classrooms with advanced teaching modalities and state-of-the-art laboratories. We also have the West Essex campus located in West Caldwell, New Jersey, which meets the educational and training needs of people who live and work in the western part of Essex County."</ref>
* [[Montclair State University]] – founded in 1908, the school serves more than 20,000 students at its campus covering [[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]], [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]] and [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]].<ref>[https://www.montclair.edu/about-montclair/at-a-glance/ At a Glance], [[Montclair State University]]. Accessed November 29, 2015.</ref>
* [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]] (NJIT) – located in Newark's University Heights section, the school was established in 1881 as Newark Technical School, the school has a total enrollment of 11,400 undergraduate and graduate students.<ref>[https://www.njit.edu/about/key-facts Quick Facts About NJIT], [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]. Accessed December 10, 2019.</ref>
* [[Rutgers University–Newark]] – the school has an enrollment of 12,000 and dates back to the 1908 establishment of the [[Rutgers Law School|New Jersey Law School]] which became a part of [[Rutgers University]] under legislation that incorporated the University of Newark into Rutgers.<ref>[http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/files/Rutgers_Newark_FactSheet2013.pdf 2013 Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218084100/http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/files/Rutgers_Newark_FactSheet2013.pdf |date=December 18, 2013 }}, [[Rutgers University–Newark]]. Accessed November 29, 2015.</ref>
* [[New Jersey Medical School]] – dates back to its establishment in Newark in 1956 as the Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and became part of Rutgers University in 2013.<ref>[http://njms.rutgers.edu/about_njms/timeline.cfm Timeline], [[New Jersey Medical School]]. Accessed November 29, 2015.</ref>

;Private
* [[Berkeley College]] – [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]<ref>[http://berkeleycollege.edu/locations_bc/newark.htm Newark], [[Berkeley College]]. Accessed November 29, 2015.</ref>
* [[Caldwell University]] – founded in 1939 as a Catholic liberal arts college by the Sisters of Saint Dominic, the school has 2,200 students at its campus in [[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]].<ref>[http://www.caldwell.edu/about About Caldwell], [[Caldwell University]]. Accessed November 29, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.caldwell.edu/about/history History], [[Caldwell University]]. Accessed November 30, 2015.</ref>
* [[Seton Hall University]] –founded in 1856 and affiliated with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]], the school has more than 10,000 students enrolled on its campus in [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]].<ref>[https://www13.shu.edu/about/fast_facts.cfm Fast Facts About Seton Hall], [[Seton Hall University]]. Accessed November 29, 2015.</ref>
* [[Seton Hall University School of Law]] – located in Newark, it is the state's only private law school.<ref>[http://law.shu.edu/About/facts.cfm About], [[Seton Hall University School of Law]]. Accessed November 29, 2015.</ref>
* [[Upsala College]] (defunct) – founded in 1893, the school moved in 1924 to [[East Orange, New Jersey|East Orange]] and closed in 1995. It is now the site of [[East Orange Campus High School]], which opened in 2002.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/a/eastorange.k12.nj.us/guidance-department112/school-profile School Profile 2009–2010], [[East Orange Campus High School]]. Accessed November 29, 2015. "East Orange Campus High School was opened in 2002, resulting from the merging of the former Clifford Scott High School and East Orange High School. The school is located in the largest building of the refurbished campus of Upsala College and has been expanded to accommodate increased demand for enrollment."</ref>