Even though it is an elementary school, UHCS seeks to prepare students with the will and the skills necessary for them to successfully reach and complete a college education. To that end the school names each classroom after a college, teaches students college facts and chants, and takes every student from kindergarten to fourth grade on a college visit each year.

Institutions of higher education represented by alumni on staff and integrated into UHCS through room names, visits, and chants include:

Kean University Hope Liverpool University Fairleigh Dickinson University Columbia University Abia State University, Nigeria Rutgers University Universidad de Costa Rica William Paterson University Ramapo College The College of New Jersey Georgian Court University University of Pennsylvania St. Augustine's College

Montclair State University Syracuse University Winthrop University Princeton University Berklee College of Music New Jersey Institute of Technology Harvard University Bloomsburg University University of California, Davis Shippensburg University Caldwell College Baruch College University of Medicine & Dentistry, NJ