Morris, Monmouth, Burlington, Camden, Atlantic, and Cape May counties all rate as high, with the other 15 counties in the Garden State at the medium level.
Both the responses of students at public, four-year colleges and universities, and those at community colleges, paralleled this survey's overall percentages, suggesting COVID concerns resonated across the board.
A company that had no history selling personal protective equipment prior to the coronavirus pandemic has admitted its role in price gouging a chain of New Jersey grocery stores with the sale of KN95 masks in 2020.
Gov. Phil Murphy is not imposing any new COVID mandates or restrictions yet, but things could soon change with the likely spread of the omicron variant.