Ramapo College of New Jersey is a small school in North Jersey but the size is part of its charm.  The quaint campus is tucked into the Ramapo mountains providing not only natural beauty but the feeling of being secluded on campus.  The squirrels are friendlier but the professors are friendlier addressing students by name because the small class sizes allow students and faculty to create a relationship based on anything but a student's ID number.

If academics aren't you, then the social scene is something to look into.  No, Ramapo may not have a football team but students put a lot of work into...