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 Rutgers: New Brunswick / Piscataway

Paul Robeson went here! *Recommended for reasonable tuition, and the EOF program, and the exceptional academics. They need to invest more for family housing! Student activists get to the NJ legislature now! One positive note: housing webpage states that nontraditional families, domestic partnerships, are welcome (as they all should!)but on the down side they call the Family Housing Graduate Housing (please activist moms get them to change this!):
65 Davidson Road
Pascataway, NJ 08854-8097
Phone: 732 932 4636
Financial aid phone: 732 932 7057
http://www.rutgers.edu
New Bruswick location: http://www.nbp.rutgers.edu
732 932 4636
Population: 26,286 undergraduates 6,691 graduates
Tuition: $9,108 instate (2008)
16,755 out of state (2008)
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
grants from $200-$2,100 for undergraduates, $200-$4,150 for graduate students based on financial need. Parents must not be 4 year college graduates
Scholarships: Rutger's University in New Brunswick
15 National achievement awards of $1,000-$2,000
15 Presidential scholar's awards of $5,000
16 Rutgers college awards of $500-$2,000
6 Douglass College awards of $1,000
75 James Dickson Awards of $5,000
20 Livingston College awards of $250-$1,000
4 Mason Gross awards of $500-$6,000
70 Minority awards of $1,000
25 Camden College of Arts and Sciences $500-$1,000
Housing:
rent includes all utilities
Johnson 82 2 bedroom apartments $934
Marvin Nichols 2 bedroom with AC $998
Russel 2 bedroom $787
4-9 month waiting list: be sure to apply during the same time you put in your application for admission: January or February.
Housing Office:
581 Taylor Road 732 445 2215
http://www.housing_housing.rutgersedu/ie/famhousing.html
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Princeton: For moms!

 Princeton University

And why not? And why not? The tuition here is very high, so watch school loans. Insist on financial aid and grants that do not mean loans for single moms. So, apply and advocated for yourself and make the way for more moms!
P.O. Box 230
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone 609 258 3000
Financial aid phone: 609 258 3330
web: http://www.princeton.edu
email: uaoffice@princeton.edu
Financial Aid: Phone 609 258 3330
Admits students irregardless of their ability to pay and provides grants and campus jobs to meet all financial needs.
Tuition: $33,000 (watch school loans !!)
undergraduate student population: 4,775
Housing:
1 bedroom: $829-$927
2 bedroom: $979-$1452
Child Care:
Assistance Program pays $5,000 child care expenses per year per child up to $10,000. Also a mortgage program for students to buy homes.
 New Jersey City University

2079 Kennedy Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07305-1597
web:
http://www.njcu.edu
6,115 undergraduates 1,013 graduates
Tuition: $7,539 in state $13,339 out of state
admissions@njcu.edu
Phone: 201 200 3234
888 441 6528

Scholarships: Jersey City State College
50 Presidential awards for $1,000-$4,000

   

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