In First Year, Rowan College At Burlington County's 3+1 Program Praised Nationally

“You are the first to experience and take advantage of the 3+1 program, which is the most important affordability initiative at Rowan College at Burlington County, if not the nation,” Rowan College at Burlington County President Paul Drayton recently told students who are a part of the region’s first-ever courses in the innovative 3+1 program.

The program has been named one of Money Magazine's top five college affordability initiatives in the nation.

“3+1 is the best way to earn a degree from Rowan University – one of the top public universities in the country,” Drayton said during a meeting with the students and deans from the college’s Liberal Arts, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program. “3+1 is innovative, smart, addresses the affordability challenge and it really gives you a pathway to an affordable degree.”

The program launched two months ago, and is currently at 250 students, the college said this week. Another 420 students are interested in enrolling.

Hayley Brunetta, of Edgewater Park, is a 3+1 student majoring in biology who had planned to attend Rutgers University, but realized she would be paying thousands of dollars more for the same quality degree.

The 3+1 program can save students up to $75,000 on their bachelor’s degree by allowing them to take their junior-level courses at Rowan College at Burlington County and their final year with Rowan University. The junior-level courses are taught by Rowan College at Burlington County faculty, and the prices are the same as the community college’s other programs.

3+1 courses include law and justice, biology and liberal arts with a concentration in law and justice, and philosophy. Four more 3+1 majors will be available on the Mount Laurel Campus in the fall, including psychology, nursing, computing and informatics, and general studies.

More majors, including education and computer science, will be coming soon.

Early registration for Rowan College at Burlington County’s fall semester opens on Monday, April 17. For more information on 3+1 visit,rcbc.edu/3plus1.

The attached image was provided by Rowan College at Burlington County: Students were given special Rowan College at Burlington County 3+1 T-shirts as a token of the college’s appreciation for being pioneers in the 3+1 program and paving the way for thousands of future 3+1 students.