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Rutgers University - New Brunswick Overview

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The location of Rutgers New Brunswick is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Rutgers University - New Brunswick Known For?

8,933 Undergraduate Awards
$38,596 Avg Cost After Aid
67% Acceptance Rate
  • The 4% student loan default rate at Rutgers New Brunswick is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at Rutgers New Brunswick is the doctor's degree.
  • In 2017-2018, 58% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Rutgers New Brunswick with a bachelor's degree make about $57,900 a year. That's 42% more than those who graduate from other schools.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick Rankings

Rutgers New Brunswick landed the #313 spot in our 2022 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 2,587 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. Rutgers New Brunswick also holds the #8 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Rutgers New Brunswick has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#39 Best Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#53 Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Rutgers New Brunswick.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Ceramic Engineering Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Library Science Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Education Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#2 Best Biological & Physical Science Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#14 Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#17 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#18 Best Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#32 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#151 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Rutgers New Brunswick has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Ceramic Engineering Schools College Factual
#25 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools College Factual
#46 Best Communication & Journalism Schools College Factual
#69 Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools College Factual
#87 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools College Factual
#128 Best Nursing Schools Nursing Degree Search

Where Is Rutgers University - New Brunswick?

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Contact details for Rutgers New Brunswick are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 83 Somerset St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1281
Phone: 848-445-4636
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Brunswick-Newark-and-Camden/Rutgers-University/172636137574?utm_source=flag_footer&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=flag_footer
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RutgersU

How Do I Get Into Rutgers New Brunswick?

You can apply to Rutgers New Brunswick online at: https://admissions.rutgers.edu/apply-rutgers

Admission Requirements for Rutgers New Brunswick

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank considered but not required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Rutgers New Brunswick?

67% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women
90% Submit SAT Scores
Rutgers New Brunswick has an acceptance rate of 67%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Average Test Scores

About 90% of students accepted to Rutgers New Brunswick submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 680. Math scores were between 600 and 730.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Rutgers University - New Brunswick  ( 580 to 680 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Rutgers University - New Brunswick  ( 600 to 730 )
200
800
Rutgers New Brunswick received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 31. Composite scores were between 25 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Rutgers University - New Brunswick  ( 25 to 34 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Rutgers University - New Brunswick  ( 25 to 31 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Rutgers University - New Brunswick  ( 25 to 32 )
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36

Can I Afford Rutgers University - New Brunswick?

$38,596 Net Price
45% Take Out Loans
3.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Rutgers New Brunswick is $38,596. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Rutgers New Brunswick, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $7,729 a year. That adds up to $30,916 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rutgers New Brunswick is 3.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Rutgers University - New Brunswick Undergraduate Student Diversity

33,788 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 35,844 undergraduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick, with 33,788 being full-time and 2,056 being part-time.

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There are also 14,567 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 33,788 full-time undergraduates at Rutgers New Brunswick, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rutgers University - New Brunswick students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 10,458
Black or African American 2,109
Hispanic or Latino 4,415
White 11,586
International Students 3,356
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,864

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 118 countries are represented at Rutgers New Brunswick. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2,114 Took All Classes Online
16,535 Took At Least One Class Online
2.7% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 6 master’s degree programs available online at Rutgers New Brunswick. In 2019-2020, 16,535 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Rutgers New Brunswick has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the most popular in New Jersey for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Rutgers New Brunswick

The following table shows how Rutgers New Brunswick is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Biomedical Engineering #1 #1
Romance Languages #7 #7
Health Sciences & Services #10 #13
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences #10 #16
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science #10 #10
Chemical Engineering #16 #13
Medical Illustration & Informatics #16 #16
Foreign Languages & Linguistics #22 #22
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services #25 #22
Music #34 #34
Allied Health Professions #37 #37
Public Health #43 #61
Visual & Performing Arts #46 #49
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions #64 #67
Political Science & Government #65 #81
Social Work #70 #67

Online Growth Rankings of Rutgers New Brunswick

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Rutgers University - New Brunswick was 2.7%. This is the #1,614 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Rutgers New Brunswick regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Rutgers New Brunswick majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health & Medical Administrative Services 3%
Health Professions 1%
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 2%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Rutgers New Brunswick ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Rutgers New Brunswick.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences #43
Medical Illustration & Informatics #61
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science #70
Health Sciences & Services #170
Allied Health Professions #175

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Rutgers University - New Brunswick Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Social Work 0 0 75 0 667 16 758
General Biology 0 0 436 0 289 22 747
Computer Information Systems 0 0 572 0 132 14 718
Human Resource Management 0 0 544 0 131 1 676
General Psychology 0 0 521 0 48 28 597
Public Health 0 0 386 28 173 9 596
Nursing 0 0 356 10 24 125 515
Information Science 0 0 409 0 73 0 482
Health & Physical Education 0 0 384 0 29 4 417
Economics 0 0 342 0 3 12 357
Electrical Engineering 0 0 265 0 64 27 356
Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 356 356
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 354 0 0 0 354
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 338 0 0 0 338
Business Administration & Management 0 0 277 0 0 0 277
Political Science & Government 0 0 204 0 34 9 247
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 203 0 31 11 245
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 0 24 220 244
Library & Information Science 0 0 0 0 167 17 184
Mathematics 0 0 132 0 39 8 179
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 0 178 0 0 0 178
Journalism 0 0 167 0 0 0 167
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 159 0 0 0 159
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 120 0 26 12 158
General English Literature 0 0 127 0 8 10 145
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 15 6 17 0 13 94 145
Accounting 0 0 142 0 0 0 142
Statistics 0 0 54 0 83 5 142
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 130 3 3 2 138
Chemical Engineering 0 0 77 0 44 6 127
Marketing 0 0 126 0 0 0 126
Civil Engineering 0 0 91 0 25 6 122
Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 121 121
Music 0 0 62 0 33 24 119
History 0 0 101 0 8 8 117
Industrial Engineering 0 0 70 0 27 4 101
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 0 91 3 94
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 65 0 23 4 92
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0 80 8 88
Allied Health Professions 0 3 35 0 48 0 86
Nutrition Science 0 0 72 0 4 5 81
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 0 0 77 1 78
Animal Science 0 0 74 0 1 2 77
Special Education 0 0 0 0 71 0 71
Physics 0 0 49 0 5 15 69
Sustainability Science 0 0 0 0 67 0 67
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 56 0 7 3 66
Sociology 0 0 46 0 8 8 62
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 59 0 0 2 61
Genetics 0 0 41 0 11 7 59
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 48 0 2 6 56
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 0 55 0 0 0 55
Public Policy 0 0 25 0 30 0 55
Engineering Science 0 0 53 0 0 0 53
Ceramic Engineering 0 0 36 0 12 4 52
Philosophy 0 0 45 0 0 7 52
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 26 0 17 6 49
Chemistry 0 0 30 0 7 12 49
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 0 0 24 22 0 46
Other Social Sciences 0 0 45 0 0 0 45
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 34 0 10 0 44
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 43 0 43
Food Science Technology 0 0 30 0 7 5 42
Student Counseling 0 0 0 0 40 0 40
Dance 0 0 37 0 3 0 40
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 27 0 2 10 39
Romance Languages 0 0 16 0 14 9 39
Natural Resource Management 0 0 38 0 0 0 38
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 0 0 0 16 21 37
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 15 0 20 0 35
Landscape Architecture 0 0 25 0 8 0 33
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 14 0 16 3 33
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 29 0 2 1 32
Anthropology 0 0 28 0 1 2 31
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 31 0 0 0 31
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 0 25 5 30
Biotechnology 0 0 29 0 0 0 29
Ethnic Studies 0 0 26 0 2 1 29
Cognitive Science 0 0 29 0 0 0 29
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 15 0 6 8 29
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 24 0 0 0 0 0 24
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 22 0 0 0 22
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 8 0 5 7 20
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 0 20 0 20
Agricultural Engineering 0 0 18 0 2 0 20
East Asian Languages 0 0 11 0 9 0 20
Geography & Cartography 0 0 14 0 3 3 20
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0 2 15 17
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 9 0 1 6 16
General Education 0 0 0 0 6 10 16
Area Studies 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
General Agriculture 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Plant Sciences 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 13 0 0 0 13
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 9 0 2 2 13
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 0 0 2 10 12
Urban Studies 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
Educational Administration 0 0 0 0 5 5 10
Environmental Design 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
Religious Studies 0 0 5 0 3 0 8
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 1 4 5
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 3 0 2 0 5
Zoology 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
Germanic Languages 0 0 1 0 2 1 4
Other Health Professions 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Operations Research 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Medical Science 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Systems Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
African Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dental Support Services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 39 9 8,885 65 3,072 1,413 13,483

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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