It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[citation needed] and the New Jersey Department of Education.

[6] It was ranked 104th in the nation and sixth in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by The Daily Beast / Newsweek, with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.

[8] U.S. News & World Report named BT as a Gold Medal High School the same year.

[9] New Jersey Monthly, which publishes high school rankings within the state based on student/teacher ratio and student results on the SAT, HSPA, AP/IB exams, and graduation rates, placed BT tied for 8th within its list of the "Top Vocational High Schools in New Jersey".

The Business (Strategic Asset Management) major recently took part in the National Financial Capability Challenge.

Courses include Strategy Formulation (via Harvard case studies), college-level financial accounting, derivatives trading, and portfolio management.

The major's three classrooms are equipped with the country's one and only Culinology facility, a state of the art kitchen, and a food science laboratory.

Classes include Graphics and Animation, Broadcast Media and Journalism, and Advanced Video and Audio Production.

Students can have their work displayed at the Belskie Museum in Closter and at an annual fashion extravaganza at the end of the year.

The Law and Justice major has hosted numerous mock trials, competitive debates, and social issues presentations.

Classes for this major include Intro to Law & Justice, AP United States Government and Politics, Criminology, Constitutional Law, Introduction to Public Policy Analysis (Syracuse University Course), Forensic Science (Syracuse University Course), and Senior Seminar.

Upon competing the program, students will have a working knowledge of Computer Assisted Design (CAD), and both college-level and AP coursework.

In these labs, students perform unique experiments to understand real-life methods applications of the sciences they are studying.

In addition to AP Chemistry and Biology, as well as AP Environmental Science, students have the option to take college level classes in Organic Chemistry (articulation with Fairleigh Dickinson University), Forensic Science (a Syracuse University Project Advance Course), and/or Anatomy & Physiology.

Incoming students can take a summer Pre-Algebra or Algebra I course if they feel necessary, or to be placed in another math class.

Every Wednesday during the school year, periods are shortened to accommodate an additional hour before the day's end.

Types of projects that students can apply to are: knitting, Physics Olympiad, Garage Band, Radio Lab, Equations, The Sims, Robotics, Earth preservation, Fitness, Teacher, and many more.

Freshmen are required to take a project named "Setting Up For Success (SUFS)" to help adjust to Bergen Tech's intense coursework.

Among a wide variety of after school clubs and extracurricular activities available, students at Bergen Tech - Teterboro participate in the SkillsUSA competition yearly.

[23] Before the realignment, Bergen Tech had been placed in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL) at the start of the Fall 2006 athletic season.

[2] Students who wish to play a high school sport that is not offered can make accommodations with their town of residence, as appropriate.