About Rowan University

Rowan University is a public research academic world in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford, New Jersey, and medical and academic campuses in Camden, New Jersey. It was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a 25-acre (10 ha) site donated by 107 residents.

The academic circles includes 14 colleges and schools in the same way as a total enrollment (undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies) of just higher than 19,600 students. Rowan offers 85 bachelor’s, 46 master’s degrees, six doctoral degrees, and two professional degrees. It is classified among “R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity”.

Glassboro is a borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 18,579, reflecting a decrease of 489 (−2.6%) from the 19,068 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in point of view increased by 3,454 (+22.1%) over the 15,614 counted in the 1990 Census.

What is now Glassboro was originally formed as a township by an stroke of the New Jersey Legislature upon March 11, 1878, from portions of Clayton Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Elk Township (April 17, 1891) and Pitman (May 24, 1905). Glassboro was incorporated as a borough on March 18, 1920, replacing Glassboro Township. The borough was named for its glass industry.

Glassboro is house to Rowan University, founded in 1923 and formerly known as Glassboro State College, which was the site of the Glassboro Summit Conference in 1967 in the company of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin.