

Federal financial aid is available in the form of Pell grants, work study programs and direct loans. Tuition for out of county residents is $206 per credit hour. Tuition for county residents is $103 per credit hour. There are 85 computer labs with more than 1,750 computers. Student activities include art exhibitions, athletics, campus radio, clubs and organizations, civic engagement, student newspaper and theatre. Popular transfer colleges and universities include Rutgers University, College of New Jersey, Columbia University, Kean University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and New York University. Full-time, part-time and online classes are available. The college has 206 full-time and 346 part-time faculty. The college offers more than 700 courses in 100 different degree and certificate programs with 21 specially designed transfer programs. In 2015, there were incidents of unexploded ordnance being found on campus suspected to be from the former arsenal.

The school first opens its doors for classes in September 1966, with 1,500 students enrolled. The arsenal was closed in 1963, and in 1964, the county officially founded the college, naming Frank Chambers the first president to help design the new college. The college is built on a portion of the former Raritan Arsenal, constructed in 1917 for the United States Army. The current president of Middlesex College is Mark McCormick, who succeeded Dr. The college also maintains two urban center campuses, one located in the Civic Square government and theatre district of New Brunswick and one in the city center of Perth Amboy. Founded by the Middlesex County Board of Elected Freeholders in 1964, the two-year college serves the needs of Middlesex County, as well as surrounding communities. Middlesex College, formerly known as Middlesex County College, is a public community college with its main campus in Edison, New Jersey.
