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Rutgers University-Newark

Newark, New Jersey

https://www.newark.rutgers.edu

#288 National Colleges

71.9% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

9,037 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily residential
  • Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution
  • Hispanic-Serving Institution
Rutgers–Newark is one of three regional campuses of Rutgers University, New Jersey's State University. It is located in Newark. Rutgers, founded in 1766 in New Brunswick, is the eighth oldest college in the United States and a member of the Association of American Universities. In 1945, the state legislature voted to make Rutgers University, then a private liberal arts college, into the state university and the following year merged the school with the former University of Newark (1936–1946), which became the Rutgers–Newark campus. Rutgers also incorporated the College of South Jersey and South Jersey Law School, in Camden, as a constituent campus of the university and renamed it Rutgers–Camden in 1950.

Rutgers–Newark offers undergraduate (bachelors) and graduate (masters, doctoral) programs to more than 12,000 students. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". It also offers cross-registration with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) which borders its campus. The campus is located on 38 acres in Newark's University Heights section. The university host seven degree-granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, including the Rutgers Business School (which has another campus in New Brunswick) and Rutgers Law School (which has another campus in Camden), and several research institutes, including the Institute of Jazz Studies. According to U.S. News & World Report, Rutgers–Newark is the most diverse national university in the United States.

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Location

City
Newark, New Jersey

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Locale
City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)

Region
Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 37.5%
Psychology 11.4%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services 11.2%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 9.9%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 9.2%
Social Sciences 5.9%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 2.9%
Visual And Performing Arts 2.5%
Physical Sciences 1.6%
Legal Professions And Studies 1.5%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 1.5%
History 1.4%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.3%
Mathematics And Statistics 1.1%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.5%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.3%
Engineering 0.3%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.1%

Cost

In State Tuition
$14,826.00

Out of State Tuition
$31,608.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
46.00%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$14,109.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1111 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 610 565 520
Verbal 590 545 500

ACT Scores

22 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 24 21 18
English 25 22 19