About Warren County...Institutions of Learning
 

The county has eight secondary educational schools. Six are public - including a county operated vocational-technical high school - while the private schools are Blair Academy in Blairstown and the Good Shepherd Christian Academy in Washington Township. There are 34 public and eight private Kindergartens, elementary and middle schools, with at least one located in every municipality except Hardwick Township.

Belvidere, Hackettstown and Phillipsburg have public high schools that receive students on a tuition basis from neighboring municipalities. Meanwhile, North Warren Regional High School is located in Blairstown, serving that township and three surrounding communities, and Warren Hills Regional High School in Washington Township includes five communities.

Warren County Technical School was established in 1959 and offers a full array of technical and vocational training as well as basic educational courses. The school opened a $6.7 million expansion in 2003. Located in Franklin Township, the school has an excellent job placement percentage for its graduates, and is highly regarded among employers.

  
There are two institutions of high learning in the county, Warren County Community College and Centenary College. Founded in 1867, Centendary is a private, a four-year college in Hackettstown, that also offers ten graduate programs.

Founded in 1981 as a college commission, Warren County Community College opened its permanent campus along Route 57 in Washington Township in 1996. The College offers a range of programs, including transfer degrees to four-year institutions, associate degrees and certificates in several career fields, on-line courses, and a variety of community services.

The College and the Technical School have merged their adult school operations to form the Center for Career and Personal Development, which is headquartered at the College. The Center offers short-term training and adult education courses. The College also hosts the Skylands Small Business Development Center, an organization that provides counseling, training and information to small businesses in Warren, Sussex and Morris counties.