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TCNJ is parkour for your brain. Think of it this way: We match committed intellects like yours with faculty who excel at helping you absorb critical knowledge. The result? An exceptional education born of a powerful and rewarding symbiotic relationship. In fact, the college is No. 1 for teaching among public, primarily undergraduate institutions in the Northeast, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Hi Achievers

Do you feel at home with intellectual and creative challenge? Believe that deepening your grasp of the world is exciting? Add in restless curiosity, and you’ve discovered what drives this college: We’re a community of high achievers. At TCNJ, you don’t just earn a degree. You also add to the world’s collected knowledge and experience.

Faculty-Student Collaboration R. Barbara Gitenstein Library

Great things happen here every day

What will you do with your four years? TCNJ people are great sounding boards for your ideas, and the college has proven strategies — in and out of class — to turn them into the life you want. It can take just one internship to know that finance doesn’t suit you. Or just one faculty-led trip to the Galápagos to convince you that marine biology is where you’re destined to be. Here’s a sampling of what’s available:

Internships

Tom Cilla dismissed the U.S. Supreme Court’s cautionary language about the slim chances of interning there. Good thing: He got in and saw SCOTUS history unfold before him. Nearly three-quarters of our students complete at least one internship.

MUSE

If two semesters of focused research and creative expression each year can’t keep you content, add TCNJ’s Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience. Student-faculty teams concentrate on projects ranging from strengthening nanofiber membranes to creating handmade paper to cataloging ancient Islamic coins whose movement illuminates trade history.

Study abroad

Studying outside the U.S. will change the way you perceive everything. TCNJ’s Center for Global Engagement offerings are vast, ranging from short, faculty-led trips, including the Galápagos and South Africa, to longer stays at TCNJ Study Centers, including Spain and Prague. Other great options: interning, doing research or service, or student teaching.

Beyond the
classroom

Study abroad

Community-engaged Learning

Research and creative collaboration

Leadership

Internships

They turned into employment for 41% of recent graduates. Nearly 70% of interns received pay.

Frankly, it might be easier to start with the countries where TCNJ students haven’t studied.

We offer education combined with community service, often supporting the city of Trenton.

Be more like a graduate student than an undergraduate: Work closely with faculty members.

TCNJ believes in and devotes resources to developing lifelong leaders.

Conferences and competitions

After long hours researching, you might jet somewhere to present the results.

Hi Class

What you’re reading isn’t window-dressing made with a handful of standout students we rounded up with a search party. Grounded in the liberal arts, TCNJ’s robust, multi-tiered educational experience gives students the stage on which to achieve the exceptional, which they do on the regular. Does it become humdrum? Yeah, no.

Community-Engaged Learning The College Core First Year Seminar