Students at nearly 60 colleges and universities are eligible for significant savings on travel expenses if they commute to and from school using NJ Transit.

With higher-ed institutions welcoming students back in the fall, NJ Transit on Thursday announced a couple of promotions as part of its "While You've Been Away" campaign to bring more young riders back to the agency's bus, rail and light rail systems.

Full-time students at participating colleges and universities in the region (listed below) can get a 25% discount on monthly passes when they're purchased via the NJ Transit mobile app for their school commute.

On top of that, the agency is offering a unique promotion for the Fall 2021 semester: Buy three months, get one free. To qualify, a student at a partner institution must buy a monthly pass on the app in each September, October and November. Then, a monthly pass for December 2021 will appear on their app.

According to NJ Transit, using this promotion, students can save more than 60% off transportation to campus this fall when compared to purchasing one-way transportation.

Partner schools

• Atlantic Cape Community College
• Baruch College (CUNY)
• Bergen Community College
• Berkeley College
• Bloomfield College
• Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY)
• Brookdale Community College
• Caldwell University
• Camden County College
• Centenary University
• College of Mount Saint Vincent
• Columbia University
• County College of Morris
• CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
• Drew University
• Drexel University
• Essex County College
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Felician University
• Fordham University
• Forham Law School-NY
• Hudson County Community College
• Hunter College (CUNY)
• Hussian College
• Kean University
• Lincoln Technical Institute (Paramus)
• LIM College
• Long Island University
• Manhattan College
• Marymount Manhattan College
• Monmouth University
• Montclair State University
• New Jersey City University (NJCU)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
• New York University (NYU)
• Ocean County College
• Pace University
• Passaic County Community College
• Pillar College
• Pratt Institute
• Princeton University
• Ramapo College of New Jersey
• Rider University
• Rowan College of South Jersey (Gloucester & Cumberland)
• Rowan University
• Rutgers University
• Saint John’s University
• Saint Peter's University
• Seton Hall University
• School of Visual Arts
• Stevens Institute of Technology
• SUNY College of Optometry
• Union County College
• Universal Technical Institute (Bloomfield)
• Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School
• William Paterson University
• Yeshiva University/Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Contact reporter Dino Flammia at dino.flammia@townsquaremedia.com.