Since its founding in 1923, Rowan University has evolved from a teacher preparation college to a bustling regional university that's ranked among the best public universities in the North by U.S. News and World Report. Today, Rowan's more than 18,000 students choose from more than 74 bachelor's and 51 master's degree programs, four doctoral programs, and two professional programs. The University is one of just 56 institutions in the country with accredited business, education, engineering, and medicine programs.
Rowan University will become a new model for higher education by being inclusive, agile, and responsive, offering diverse scholarly and creative educational experiences, pathways, environments, and services to meet the needs of all students maintaining agility by strategically delivering organizational capacity across the institution and responding to emerging demands and opportunities regionally and nationally.
Rowan has attracted the attention of national organizations that evaluate colleges and universities. U.S. News & World Report ranks Rowan University 19th of Northern Regional Universities and third among the category's public institutions. The College of Engineering is ranked 32nd nationally among master's level programs, and the Chemical Engineering program is ranked third.
The Princeton Review included Rowan in its latest edition "The Best Northeastern Colleges" and included the Rohrer College of Business in its edition of the "Best 295 Business Schools" from among more than 1,800 business schools. The University has received 13 awards for green initiatives since 2007. The U.S. EPA named the University a "Top Green Power Purchaser" in its athletic conference, and The Princeton Review listed it in its "Guide to 322 Green Colleges."
Pursue your passion, develop your skill sets, and prepare for your career, and life, after Rowan. Choose from courses within our more than 80 bachelor's and 60 master's degree programs, five doctoral programs, and two professional programs. Our highly regarded, award-winning academic programs are taught in small classes by faculty engaged with their students, connected in their fields, and invested in student achievement.
We are thrilled that you are interested in attending Rowan University. With 82,000+ alumni and over 90 years of history, you are in good company in your choice to join the Rowan family. With a streamlined application process, affordable tuition, vital academic programs, and vibrant campus life, your decision to apply to Rowan are a wise one.
The Rowan community is a vibrant one, with students pursuing fulfillment through participation in wide-ranging opportunities. We encourage healthy life choices, multicultural competency, personal and professional growth, campus and community involvement, civic responsibility, and leadership development. Our student-centered approach promotes the whole person's education within a global society, helping students prepare for life after Rowan.
Rowan continues to expand its programs and partnerships. Among the most recent—and vital to higher education in New Jersey—was its June 2015 partnership with Burlington County College (now Rowan College at Burlington County) to improve access to affordable four-year undergraduate degrees. That move followed one two years earlier with Gloucester County College (now Rowan College at Gloucester County) that enables students to pursue Rowan bachelor's degrees at the county college or transfer seamlessly to the University after earning an associate degree and meeting standards.
Today, Rowan's approximately 18,000 students can select from 74 bachelor's, 51 master's, four doctoral degrees, and two professional (medical) degree programs— along with undergraduate and post-baccalaureate certificates—in colleges and schools across four campuses.
From the modest regular school begun 94 years ago, Rowan University has become an extraordinary comprehensive institution that has improved the quality of life for New Jersey citizens and the surrounding states.
Rowan University has evolved from its humble beginning in 1923 as a regular school, with a mission to train teachers for South Jersey classrooms, to a comprehensive public research university with a strong regional reputation. In the early 1900s, many aspiring New Jersey teachers lacked proper training because of a shortage of schools in the state that provided such an education. To address the problem in South Jersey, the state decided to build a two-year training school for teachers, known then as a regular school.
The town of Glassboro was an early favorite because of its excellent rail system, a harmonious blend of industry and agriculture, natural beauty, and location in the heart of South Jersey. Several towns in the region competed to be the new regular school site because of the economic benefit and prestige such an institution would bring.
In 1917, to sway the decision in their favor, 107 Glassboro residents raised more than $7,000 to purchase 25 acres, which they offered to the state for free if the borough were selected as the site. The tract of land included the Whitney mansion (now known as Hollybush) and carriage house. Before the purchase, the entire property belonged to the Whitney family, prominent owners of the Whitney Glass Works during the 1800s. This show of support, along with the site's natural beauty, convinced the selection committee that Glassboro was the perfect location.
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