William Paterson University (Full official name: The William Paterson University of New Jersey) is a public university located in Wayne, New Jersey, an affluent suburb of New York City. It is set on 370 acres (1.5 km) wooded in northeast New Jersey and the campus is located just 20 miles (32 km) west of New York City. The University has 10,256 students. During the Fall 2008 semester, 8,741 undergraduate students and 1,515 graduate students were e...
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William Paterson University (Full official name: The William Paterson University of New Jersey) is a public university located in Wayne, New Jersey, an affluent suburb of New York City. It is set on 370 acres (1.5 km) wooded in northeast New Jersey and the campus is located just 20 miles (32 km) west of New York City. The University has 10,256 students. During the Fall 2008 semester, 8,741 undergraduate students and 1,515 graduate students were enrolled. It has 1,129 full-time employees, including 379 faculty. members. The average class size is 20.5 with a student to faculty ratio of about 15.0 to 1.
The school was founded in Paterson, New Jersey in 1855 as the Paterson City Normal School to provide professional preparation for teachers. In 1875, the school started to provide a one year program for teachers, which later expanded into a two-year program. By 1936, the school accepted those that did not intend to become teachers, later expanding offerings in nursing and business. The...
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