Free Community College — N.J. Could Be Next

TRENTON – New Jersey’s county colleges charged full-time students an average of $4,700 — or $123 per credit — in annual tuition and fees last year, according to state statistics.

Under a new plan, those tuition bills could all disappear.

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy campaigned on a promise to make New Jersey the fifth state in the nation to make county college tuition free for all students.

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