Immunization Requirement Information

• New Student Information
• Returning Student Information
• Medical or Religious Exemptions

New Student Information

Welcome Fall 2026 incoming students. Directions for how to submit your immunization records will be forthcoming on or around May 1st. You will receive directions via email and they will be listed on your deposited student portal.

If you are a full time undergraduate or a part time / full time graduate student who is under the age of 31 years at the time of enrollment, you must submit:

• Proof of two MMR vaccines, with the first dose given on or after your first birthday.
  •  Alternatively, you may submit titers showing immunity to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella 
• Proof of 3 doses of Hepatitis B (not required if you are taking less than 12 credits)
  • Alternatively, you may submit a titer indicating immunity.
• Proof of a Meningitis ACWY vaccine given at age 16 or later
  • If you are a commuter student aged 19 or older, you are waived from this requirement.
• A completed and signed Tuberculosis Screening Form.  This form is to be completed by all incoming students.
• *If you are having trouble locating your immunization records, try utilizing your state’s immunization registry.  Instructions on how to access this can be found here.
• Residential students will not be able to move in to on-campus housing until proof of an up to date Meningitis ACWY given on or after your 16th birthday is received
• Immunizations are due at the following times:
  • For Fall semester start date- June 15th

Immunization Packet PDF

Returning Student Information

• If you are a returning student or a readmit student and you submitted your vaccination information within the past 10 years, you do not need to submit this information again.
• You are required to submit a new Tuberculosis Screening Form
• Tuberculosis (TB) testing is required for students at high risk for TB (as defined in the Immunization Packet) no more than 6 months prior to your return to Ramapo College of New Jersey. 

Immunization Packet PDF

Medical or Religious Exemptions

All requests for Religious and Medical Exemptions are due to immunize@ramapo.edu prior to the start of the semester.

Medical:

Per N.J. 8:57-6.14, students are not required to have vaccinations that are medically contraindicated based upon valid medical reasons as enumerated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). For current ACIP immunization schedules and recommendations, including contraindications, visit the CDC link on the ACIP recommendations article.

To apply for a medical exemption from required vaccinations, your healthcare provider must complete the Request for Medical Exemption From Mandatory Immunization Form.

Ramapo College may temporarily exclude a student with an exemption from vaccination from classes or from participating in a college-sponsored activities during a vaccine-preventable disease outbreak of threatened outbreak. The decision to exclude a student with a religious exemption will be made by the College in consultation with the New Jersey Commissioner of Health.

Unvaccinated individuals are subject to campus surveillance testing requirements, exemption from vaccination is not an exemption for testing.

Religious: