William Paterson University
United States Wayne, New Jersey, U.S.
About
Why William Paterson University?
At William Paterson University, our greatest strength is helping you find yours. Here students find a supportive and challenging environment that encourages them to push themselves, gain confidence, and come away with the knowledge that remarkable things are within their reach.
A leading public University with nearly 10,000 students, William Paterson offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its four academic colleges: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Cotsakos College of Business; Education; and Science and Health.
Its 370-acre wooded campus is located in suburban Wayne, New Jersey, just 20 miles from New York City, adjacent to 1,200 acres of wetlands and woodlands, and only three miles from the historic Paterson Great Falls.
The University offers a vast array of learning opportunities in its classrooms, laboratories, and studios, and throughout the campus, as well as at various off-campus locations. William Paterson's faculty members provide a valuable blend of accomplished scholarship and practical, applied experience. Among the University's faculty are numerous Fulbright scholars and recipients of numerous other awards, grants, and fellowships. Students benefit from individualized attention from faculty mentors, small class sizes, and numerous research, internship, and clinical experiences.
The institution's nearly 85,000 alumni can be found throughout New Jersey, the nation, and the world, using their William Paterson degrees and experiences as a springboard to professional accomplishment and personal growth. They are leaders in the arts, business, health care, sports, entertainment, the media, and education. They are public servants, artists, musicians, teachers, scientists, television personalities, authors, politicians, crime fighters, and entrepreneurs. Their achievements reflect the University's mission and commitment to preparing graduates for success in their careers, communities, and lives.
Area of Study
- Arts
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Business
- Education
- Science and Health
Membership
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Scholarships
Institutional Scholarships
Freshmen Awards: Generous merit-based scholarship funds are awarded to incoming freshmen (students applying to William Paterson University directly from high school) based on various criteria described below. All admitted freshmen for the fall or spring semesters are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships and no separate application is required. Award recipients are notified in writing within two weeks of their admission to the University. Eligible students who complete the admission application process after the published deadline will only be considered for a scholarship award if funds are available.
Trustee Scholarships
William Paterson University is test-optional for Trustee Scholarships. William Paterson University Trustee Scholarships range from $5,000 to $9,000 per year and are designed to recognize high-achieving high school students for their academic accomplishments.
University Honors College Scholarships:
All freshmen who are admitted to and enroll in the William Paterson University Honors College receive a $5,000 per year merit scholarship. This award is in addition to any other institutional scholarship. Admission to the University Honors College is highly competitive.
Features
University housing is available for students who are enrolled full-time in a degree program on the Main Campus. WP Online students are not eligible to participate in on-campus housing.
Living on campus at William Paterson University offers a learning environment that is welcoming to all students and fosters the development of residents through leadership opportunities, educational experiences, and community involvement.
Living on campus provides the opportunity to develop lasting friendships, live with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, and increase your personal growth.
Academic Support, Custodial Services, Media Services, Technology Services, Enterprise Network Services, Events and Conference Services, Hospitality Services
Location
Institution Details
Founded
1855
DLI number
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Institution Type
public
Cost and Duration
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Gross Tuition Fees
Programs 143
Bachelor of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Ethics
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Actuarial Science
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Physical Education K-12 Certification
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Secondary Education
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Legal Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education for ParaProfessionals
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education - Teaching Students with Disabilities
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Criminology and Criminal Justice
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Disability Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Sports Medicine
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Nursing - General
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Health Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Sustainability
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Earth Science
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Social Work
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Community Development and Social Justice
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Integrated Math & Science - Mathematics
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Integrated Math & Science - Environmental Science
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Integrated Math & Science - Chemistry
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Chemistry
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Public Health - Promotion
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Professional Sales
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Marketing - Marketing Management
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Marketing - Digital Marketing
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Management-Small Business Entrepreneurship
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Management-Human Resource Management
$10,000.00 USD / Year
Bachelor of Science - Management
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Global Business Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Financial Planning
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Finance-Risk Management
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Finance-Credit Analysis & Commercial Banking
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Finance
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Finance FinTech
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Applied Business Analytics
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Urban Science and Society - Policy, Planning and Development
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Sport Management
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Leadership and Professional Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Economics Research and Data Analysis
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Biology - Pre-Medical Professions
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Biology - Organismal Biology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Biology - General
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Biology - Ecology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Integrated Math & Science - Biology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Medicinal Biochemistry
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Biology - General
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Sound Engineering Jazz
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Sound Engineering Classical
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Voice
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Strings
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Piano
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Percussion
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Jazz/Classical
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Instrumental
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Guitar
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Performance Brass/Winds
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Jazz Studies Wind, Mallet, Strings
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Jazz Studies Vocal
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Jazz Studies Keyboard
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Jazz Studies Drums
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Jazz Secondary Ed K-12
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Classical Secondary Ed K-12 Performance Voice
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music - Classical Secondary Ed K-12 Instrumental
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music & Entertainment Industries - Jazz
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Music - Music & Entertainment Industries - Classical
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art - Sculpture & 3D Design
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art - Photography
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art - Interdisciplinary
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art - Graphic & Interactive Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art - Graphic & Interactive Design
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art - Drawing, Panting & Printmaking
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Art - Animation & Multimedia
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Women's and Gender Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Urban Science and Society - Community, Culture & Diversity
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Urban Science and Society - Policy, Planning and Development
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Spanish
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology - Social Services
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology - General
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology - Applied Sociology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Musical Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Music Studies - Digital Music Creation
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Music - Popular Music
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies - Arts Humanities Social Science
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Leadership and Professional Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Latin American and Latino Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - History
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Global Asia
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - English
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - English - Education
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Communication
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Communication - Media Production
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Communication - Journalism
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Communication - Communication Studies
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Communication - Broadcast Journalism
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Art Studio
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Africana World Studies - Social Sciences and Community Development
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Africana World Studies - Humanities and Arts
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Financial Planning
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
$22,424.00 USD / First Year
Master of Arts in Teaching - Elementary Education - K-6 - Alternate Route
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Education - Professional Counseling - School Counseling
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Education - Professional Counseling - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Arts - Clinical and Counseling Psychology
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Public Policy
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Arts in Teaching - Secondary Education - K-12 - Alternate Route
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Arts in Teaching - Secondary Education - K-12
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science in Nursing - Nursing Education
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Arts in Teaching - Elementary Education with Teacher of Students with Disabilities
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Arts in Teaching - Elementary Education - General K-6
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science in Nursing - School Nurse
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science in Nursing - Nursing Administration
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science - Biotechnology
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science in Nursing - Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science - Athletic Training
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Fine Arts - Visual Art
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Science - Materials Chemistry
$22,930.00 USD / First Year
Master of Education - Curriculum and Learning School Nursing
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - General
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Arts - Professional Communication
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Music - Music Jazz Studies and Performance
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Music - Music Jazz Studies and Arranging
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Music - Music Education
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Education - Curriculum and Learning: Early Childhood Education
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Fine Arts - Creative and Professional Writing
$22,930.00 USD / Year
Master of Fine Arts - Visual Art Animation
$22,930.00 USD / Year
