I cannot answer your NJ-specific question, but in general you should go in with realistic expectations about the full-time vs part-time experience and what that means for your career.

At some schools it’s the full-time students who get recruited by companies. The part-timers are considered to be people getting the MBA to progress in their current company. And possibly already further along in their career (with larger salary expectations if they were going to make a move).

Company recruiters might get frustrated if they speak to a PT student who is already employed and rejects their job offer because they are already making $X. FT students might be more hungry for that job and thus easier to recruit.