Raritan Valley Community College

"RVCC" redirects here. For the college in western New Hampshire, see River Valley Community College.
Raritan Valley Community College
TypePublic community college
Established1965
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
PresidentDr. Michael McDonough[1]
Location
Branchburg[2]
,
New Jersey
,
United States
CampusSuburban
Newspaperwww.rvccrecord.com
Colors   Green and gold
NicknameGolden Lions
MascotGolden Lion
Websitewww.raritanval.edu
View of conference center
Entrance to main courtyard and student center.
A cylindrical hallway is the entrance to the planetarium.

Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) is a public community college in Branchburg, New Jersey. RVCC offers Associate degree programs leading to an Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S.), Associate of Fine Art (A.F.A), or an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.), as well as certificate programs and continuing education courses.

The college was founded in late 1965 as Somerset County College and opened to its first class of students in the fall of 1968. It was given its present name in 1987, when it became the county college for Hunterdon County as well as its home of Somerset County.[3] It was the first community college in New Jersey to be sponsored by two different counties. Raritan Valley's University Center offers degree completion programs from a number of schools and university partners including Rutgers University.

  1. ^ Noonan, Sheila (June 8, 2020). "The Great Unknowns that NJ Community Colleges Must Confront: Revenue and Enrollments". NJ PBS. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Stolzer, Donna (March 31, 2021). "No Increase in Tuition at RVCC for Fall Semester". TAPinto. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Siegel, Alan A. (1999). Somerset County in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing pg. 99. ISBN 978-0-7385-0078-2.