- Atlantic Cape Community College enrolls more than 6,500 credit students.
- Key first step in developing an Arts District in Atlantic City, the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey’s non-profit corporation will operate the historic Dante Hall of the Performing Arts.
- Atlantic Cape Community College granted $2 million to support the construction of a Technology Studies Institute.
Education
From highly acclaimed public, private, parochial and charter schools, to post-secondary institutions, Atlantic County offers students a broad range of academic opportunities and quality education.
Atlantic County is home to two outstanding, nationally-recognized colleges. The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey has been named a “Best in the Northeast” college by The Princeton Review and recently completed a multi-million dollar expansion to provide even greater opportunities for its students. Stockton’s expansion serves as an economic driver for our region with $100 million investment fund, 17% increase in enrollment during the past 10 years, its new $65 million, 150,000 sq. ft. Campus Center, Hammonton satellite campus, Carnegie Library and Dante Hall Theater in Atlantic City, Nacote Creek Marine Science Center in Port Republic and plans for future collaboration with the CRDA for an Atlantic City Arts District and Eds and Meds area within the Tourism District.
Atlantic Cape Community College is also expanding its facilities with a $44 million expansion that includes construction of a state-of-the-art Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics building, a new student center and a Hospitality Center. ACCC is also now partnering with Rutgers University to provide local access to its upper division and graduate course offerings. Its Casino Career Institute and Academy of Culinary Arts are both critically acclaimed. In addition, the college has secured a $2 million Economic Development Administration grant that will be used toward the construction of the future home of the Aviation Institute which will further strengthen the aviation industry in the county.