Accredited Career and Technical Institutions in New Jersey

Accredited NJ Career and Technical Institutions is a list of schools in New Jersey that accept federal funding for career and technical education. The dataset was compiled by data.nj.gov from the U.S. Department of Education's database of accredited postsecondary institutions. It was last updated in April 2023.

Use Cases

• Map institution locations using the `georeference` and `Town` fields for spatial analysis of service coverage.
• Verify school accreditation status by `Location Name` and `Address` for compliance checks or student referrals.
• Analyze the distribution of schools across `Counties` to identify regional gaps in career and technical education access.
• Filter institutions by `Zip Code` to create targeted resource guides for specific communities or programs.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial coordinates (`georeference`) for mapping applications.
• Provides multiple contact and location fields such as `General Phone`, `Address`, and `Town`.

Limitations

• Unknown total number of institutions (row count) prevents assessment of completeness.
• Data is static with no stated update frequency, potentially becoming outdated after the 2023-04-06 update.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Education database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs.

Collection Method

Filtered from the federal database to represent institutions located in New Jersey.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2023-04-06; update frequency is null.

Geography

State of New Jersey, United States.