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Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey·Public, 4-year or above·Mid East·newbrunswick.rutgers.edu
6-yr Graduation
84%
-0.5pp vs R1 Research
Total enrollment
52,269
peer median 38,725
Avg net price
$24,406
+$1.7k vs R1 Research
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
68,614
68,614 candidates competed
Admitted
39,899
58.1% acceptance rate
Enrolled
8,191
20.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
84%-0.5pp vs R1 Research
4-year graduation
69%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
84%
Full-time retention
93%

Pell equity

5.0pp gap
Pell recipients
80%1552 of 1942
Non-Pell (all)
85%4324 of 5084
Subsidized loan, no Pell
81%1073 of 1319
No Federal Aid
86%3251 of 3765

Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 332 Title IV programs, 119 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 213 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
332
Passing
119
35.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

332programs
  • Passing119 · 35.8%
  • No Data213 · 64.2%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
2
Watch
5
Safe
112
No data
213

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

119
History
Master's Degree · History
+5.4%
$56,792 vs $53,884
Political Science and Government
Master's Degree · Social Sciences
+7.3%
$68,463 vs $63,816
Information Science/Studies
Master's Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+13.8%
$76,249 vs $67,009
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+18.4%
$42,712 vs $36,082
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+18.6%
$58,664 vs $49,483
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Graduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+21.2%
$74,996 vs $61,854
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+22.4%
$75,713 vs $61,854
Human Resources Management and Services
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+30.9%
$87,588 vs $66,899

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

108
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
184%
$177,555 debt · $96,288 earn
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
150%
$239,273 debt · $159,660 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
95%
$81,817 debt · $86,084 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
80%
$109,500 debt · $137,728 earn
Psychology General
Doctoral Degree · Psychology
70%
$67,269 debt · $95,771 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
65%
$49,390 debt · $75,713 earn
Public Administration
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
63%
$47,383 debt · $74,870 earn
Law
Doctoral Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
63%
$67,500 debt · $106,575 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1921Next review Jan 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 18

Action history · 28

  1. Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Jul 2025Initial Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  3. Jul 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
  4. Apr 2025Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation Removed
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTD) - Programs leading to a Doctoral Degree
  5. Dec 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTD) - Programs leading to a Doctoral Degree

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$16,343
$30–48k$16,210
$48–75k$18,282
$75–110k$25,106
$110k+$35,016

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$24,406
+$1,706vs R1 Research median $22,701
Federal loans
34.8%
In-state tuition
$17,929
Out-of-state
$37,441

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 18,805 students received $119.9M in Pell grants, alongside $430.5M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
18,805
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$119.9M
$119,921,256 total
Direct Loans
$430.5M
39,581 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

18k
’20
17k
’21
16k
’22
16k
’23
19k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$56.5M
12,972 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$54.7M
13,940 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$160.8M
7,169 loan awards
Parent PLUS$60.9M
2,778 loan awards
Grad PLUS$97.6M
2,722 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 13,022 borrowers who entered repayment, 149 (1.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
13,022
Defaulted
149
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.8%
2017
3.6%
2018
2.6%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Rutgers

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs210
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

10,672 total completions
01Health Professions
2,20520.7%
02Business
1,79216.8%
03Computer Sciences
1,59815.0%
04Biological Sciences
1,09410.3%
05Engineering
1,0399.7%
06Public Admin
8157.6%
07Psychology
7106.7%
08Social Sciences
6065.7%
09Communication
4103.8%
10Multi/Interdisciplinary
4033.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
52,269
12-mo unduplicated
58,594
Undergraduate
42,531
Graduate
16,063

Gender split

Men
46%26,673
Women
54%31,921

Race / ethnicity composition

Asian
33.6%
White
29.9%
Hispanic
15.9%
Non-resident
7.3%
Black
7.0%
Two or more
3.6%
Unknown
2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
756
380 M · 376 W
Women athletes
49.7%
Athletic aid
$25.3M
Total student aid
Budget
$171.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$13.7M
$11.6M
Recruiting expense
$2.0M
$920K
Head-coach salaries
$1.3M
$229K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 15

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
152 M · 125 W
$4.7M
Football
137 M · —
$75.9M
Rowing
— · 122 W
$3.4M
Lacrosse
51 M · 36 W
$5.2M
Soccer
28 M · 38 W
$4.9M
Basketball
15 M · 31 W
$23.6M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.72
87 offenses · 50,617 students

3-year trend

2.092 yrs ago1.761 yr ago1.72Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
282
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
219
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
26
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
72

Criminal offenses by type

Aggravated assault
25
Rape
20
Burglary
19
Motor vehicle theft
9
Fondling
6
Robbery
5
Arson
3

By location

87total
  • On campus73
  • Non-campus5
  • Public property9

Includes 25 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

41
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
8
Stalking
49 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Religion9
  • National origin3

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons80
Drugs102
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

  • Mettler Hall1 fire
    Open flamesDamage $0-$99
  • Starkey Apts. 549-5721 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Gibbons Hall A1 fire
    Open flamesDamage $0-$99
  • Gibbons Hall G1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Henderson Apt. 1-241 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Henderson Apt. 49-721 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Silvers Apts. 277-2921 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Nichols Apts. 49-721 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Metzger1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Richardson Apts.125-1601 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Richardson Apts. 209-2321 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Richardson Apts. 185-2081 fire
    Smoking materialsDamage $0-$99
  • Buell Apts. 325-3481 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Thomas1 fire
    Open flamesDamage $0-$99
  • Winkler1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Livingston I Res Unit 2 Bldg 1 (Quad 2 H21-H28)1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Honors College1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Sojourner Truth Apartments (The Yard)2 fires
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Sojourner Truth Apartments (The Yard)2 fires
    CookingDamage $0-$99

Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
16.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
3,441

Rutgers vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Rutgers selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectRutgers University-New Brunswick
84%—52,269$24,406R1 Research
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
86%60.6%50,737$32,875R1 Research
New Jersey Institute of Technology
73%65.1%13,247$16,504R1 Research
University of Maryland-College Park
89%44.8%41,725$15,678R1 Research
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
85%58.1%35,724$30,434R1 Research
University at Buffalo
75%74.2%31,903$20,995R1 Research
Peer group median85%60.6%38,725$22,701

Institutions like Rutgers

Explore the federal data for institutions in Rutgers's comparison group.

IPEDS

Campuses

The 2 campuses that make up Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

IPEDS

Rutgers Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research and Sponsored Programs
Email
swg33 [at] sn.rutgers.edu
Phone
973-353-1090
Address
Ackerson Hall, Room 214, 180 University Ave., Newark, NJ 07102

The Office of Institutional Research and Sponsored Programs exists to provide guidance and technical expertise to academic programs in the ongoing assessment of student learning processes, facilitate continuous improvement of academic and administrative processes, and communicate institutional information to support assessment, planning, and decision-making.

Visit IR office page
Team
2 members
  • Steven Glogocheski
    Executive Director of Institutional Research and Sponsored Programs
  • Christy Jung
    Associate Director

Common Data Set

Rutgers's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Frequently asked questions about Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Rutgers.

What is the graduation rate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick?

Rutgers University-New Brunswick reports a 6-year graduation rate of 84% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Rutgers University-New Brunswick?

Rutgers University-New Brunswick reports a total enrollment of 52,269 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Rutgers University-New Brunswick?

The average net price at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is $24,406 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick?

Rutgers University-New Brunswick's yield rate is 20.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Rutgers University-New Brunswick located?

Rutgers University-New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1281.

Who runs Institutional Research at Rutgers University-New Brunswick?

Rutgers University-New Brunswick's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research and Sponsored Programs.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
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