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Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ · Public · Small city · Carnegie R1/R2 · RUNB · Rutgers · Rutgers New Brunswick · Rutgers U · Rutgers University · Rutgers-New Brunswick · The State University · The State University of New Jersey

Public institution in New Brunswick, NJ · 36,357 undergraduates · 65% acceptance rate · $74,479 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$23,5191,367th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$17,2391,029th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$36,0011,466th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$35,2321,107th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$21,500807th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$74,479213th highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$61,263225th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
85.0%142nd highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
92.6%179th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
65.3%499th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
1383110th highest of 1,022 reporting
Median ACT
3099th highest of 952 reporting

Campus

Undergraduates
36,35725th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
15.0:11,301st smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
27.2%1,349th highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 19 mi (EWR)

On 4 of our 111 lists

Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.

Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 103 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Industrial EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$72,483$51,482
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professionsbachelors$72,431$72,975
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Sciencebachelors$72,376$71,778
Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$71,974$74,063
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBusinessbachelors$71,015$67,995
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professionsbachelors$66,989$70,596
Engineering ScienceEngineeringbachelors$66,653$63,005
Management Information Systems and ServicesBusinessbachelors$66,498$65,486
Civil EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$65,424$63,898
Ceramic Sciences and EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$65,238$57,318
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professionsbachelors$64,629$64,087
Mechanical EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$63,583$61,516

Campus facts

Athletics — 15 sports

NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I

Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $25,297,337 (M $13,653,780 · W $11,643,557)

Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s 36,357 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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