Dr. Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr.

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey is located on 1,600 acres and has the look and feel of a private college because of our size and our focus on student learning. But we are a public college with one of the lowest costs within the state. In short, we have the educational benefits of a private college and the cultural benefits of a public university.

We are highly selective in our student enrollment, ranked 5th in the nation among public liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Our world-class faculty are dedicated to student achievement and include many faculty with national and international accomplishments, such as Stephen Dunn, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Our students learn in small classes, taught by full-time faculty, and have many opportunities for internship programs throughout the state and nation, including our noted Washington Internship Program. Our success in student learning is demonstrated by Stockton having one of the highest retention and graduation rates among public colleges in the country.

Stockton's clear emphasis is on student success, building leaders for our community, state, and nation. Our graduates contribute to the community and state through their professional commitments, civic engagement, and community leadership.

Based in the liberal arts, we also have strong programs in many professional programs. We graduate the highest number of majors in science and mathematics among the New Jersey state colleges and universities. Our health science programs are enhanced by having two hospitals on our campus, the AtlantiCare Mainland Hospital and the Bacharach Rehabilitation Hospital. The environmental sciences use our 1,600 acre campus as a natural laboratory for field activities. A 400 acre ecological reserve is set aside solely for natural science research. Few colleges can match the diversity of habitats and study areas available on the Stockton campus.

We are "Stockton on the Shore." Located within minutes of the seashore, we are the only four-year public college from Cape May to Monmouth Counties. And we are increasing our presence on the Shore and region through locations at our Carnegie Library facility (Atlantic City), our research at the Wetlands Institute (Stone Harbor), the Coastal Research Center, the Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Centers (Mays Landing), and through many internship programs in businesses, governmental and civic agencies, health-related facilities, and non-profit organizations.

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