{"id":2,"date":"2013-10-02T13:47:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T13:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-08-04T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T18:54:58","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Premier Public College"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row colSet\">\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">At Ramapo College, you are a name and not a number. As the smallest public college in New Jersey, our size allows us to commit to developing each student on a personal level, pushing students outside of their comfort zone and engaging them on curricular and co-curricular levels. In such an intimate environment, our outstanding and devoted faculty not only teach, but mentor and prepare students to succeed personally and professionally through hands-on learning and interaction, all within our small, picturesque campus environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">As the region\u2019s premier public liberal arts college, Ramapo prepares students to be successful leaders for a changing world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ramapo College - Above the Rest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVLJDkovGA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 btn-col\"><a title=\"Apply Now\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/admissions\/apply\/\">Apply Now <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 btn-col\"><a title=\"Request More Information\" href=\"https:\/\/apply.ramapo.edu\/register\/?id=11d341fc-3e3e-47b5-a594-a5e398a714a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Request More Information <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 btn-col\"><a title=\"Interact\/Visit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interact with Us\/Visit <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"divider\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/rcnjrd\/images\/icons\/ramapo-arch-icom_rule.png\" alt=\"Ramapo\" \/><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ramapo College by the Numbers<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State.jpg\" alt=\"Ramapo College of New Jersey is in a great location for students. It is only 35 miles from New York City with more than 1,000 internships in the city. There are 5,700 Undergraduate students. The diversity rate of first-year students is 40% with a retention rate of 88%. The student to faculty ration is 16:1 with an average class size of 21 students. There is $13.9M of federal &amp; state aid awarded each year. Nearly 70% of first-year students live on campus. There are more than 500 study abroad programs in more than 60 countries. There are more than 160 student clubs and organizations with 24 national fraternities &amp; sororities. \" width=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State-768x1371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State-574x1024.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>*Updated October 2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramapo College by the Numbers *Updated October 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Ramapo College | Premiere Public Liberal Arts College<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the smallest public college in New Jersey, our size allows us to commit to developing each student on a personal level, pushing students outside of their comfort zone and engaging them on curricular and co-curricular levels.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Jersey Premier Public College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the smallest public college in New Jersey, our size allows us to commit to developing each student on a personal level, pushing students outside of their comfort zone and engaging them on curricular and co-curricular levels.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Why Ramapo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RamapoCollege\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-04T18:54:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ramapocollegenj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/\",\"name\":\"Why Ramapo College | Premiere Public Liberal Arts College\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-02T13:47:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-04T18:54:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"As the smallest public college in New Jersey, our size allows us to commit to developing each student on a personal level, pushing students outside of their comfort zone and engaging them on curricular and co-curricular levels.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/why\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2019\/10\/Value-info_In-State.jpg\",\"width\":1250,\"height\":2231,\"caption\":\"Ramapo College of New Jersey is in a great location for students. 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