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The university was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey . In 1958, it moved from Newark to Union. There are about 6,300 full-time and 3,200 part-time undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students at the four undergraduate and one graduate colleges. About 90 percent of the students commute.

The university is named for Robert Kean , who served New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1959. Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean is Robert Kean's grandson.


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