Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford, New Jersey and medical and academic campuses in Camden, New Jersey. The university was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a 25-acre  site donated by 107 local residents.

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As of 2018, the university includes 12 colleges and schools plus the Division of Global Learning & Partnerships which manages the graduate program, online learning and other creative educational programming. The university has a total enrollment (undergraduate, graduate and professional studies) of roughly 18,560 students. Rowan offers 74 bachelor's, 51 master's degrees, four doctoral degrees, two professional degrees, seven undergraduate certificates, and 38 post-baccalaureate certificates