in our Spotlight on Business Report it looks like William Paterson University's decision to start a new school of nursing is paying off the university says it now boasts the largest nursing student enrollment in all of North Jersey and the largest on any college campus in New Jersey enrollment now stands at more than 1,800 students across bachelor's Master's and doctoral levels that's according to University officials with undergraduate nursing enrollment more than doubling since 2019 William Paterson launched a school of nursing last September to help fill the gaps of the ongoing nursing shortage a statement from the University's president attributes the growth in large part to a partnership with Atlantic health system and more options for earning a degree like completing courses fully online