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Rutgers University-New Brunswick

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $16,343 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $36,993.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $74,479 ten years after entering, the 94th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 84% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1766
Enrollment, 2023
56,943
Website
rutgers.edu
Motto
“Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra.”
Campus of Rutgers University-New Brunswick

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AboutPublic research university in New Jersey. Wikipedia ↗

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, commonly referred to as Rutgers University or simply Rutgers, is a large public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States, the second-oldest in New Jersey, and one of nine colonial colleges that were chartered before the American Revolution.

From the Wikipedia article “Rutgers University”, revision 1362531149, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $36,993 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $16,210 and $35,016 a year depending on income at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Statement of cost · Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$36,993
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$16,343
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$24,406
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$17,929

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $16,343; $30–48k: $16,210; $48–75k: $18,282; $75–110k: $25,106; over $110k: $35,016. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$16,343
$30k–$48k$16,210
$48k–$75k$18,282
$75k–$110k$25,106
Over $110k$35,016

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $74,479; the median graduate who borrowed owes $21,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$61,263
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$67,665
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
94th percentile among public 4-years
$74,479
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
68th percentile among public 4-years
$21,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$19,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $61,263; 8 yrs after entry: $67,665; 10 yrs after entry: $74,479. Median graduate debt: $21,500. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $21,500.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$61,263
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$67,665
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$74,479
Median graduate debt$21,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree684$131,153$21,500
Social WorkMaster's Degree616$64,895not reported
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree585$58,473$25,000
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree468$101,309$22,500
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree432$72,842$24,161
Public HealthBachelor's Degree361$73,195$26,000
Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's Degree357$80,550$25,750
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree351$87,451$23,250
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree333$93,912$28,000
MedicineFirst Professional Degree332$116,296not reported
Information Science/StudiesBachelor's Degree323$97,712$25,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree322$70,465$26,000
Show all 29 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree303$118,513$21,500
Biology, GeneralMaster's Degree300$81,627not reported
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree289$132,440$23,679
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree280$72,419$25,000
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree274not reportednot reported
EconomicsBachelor's Degree253$87,743$24,965
Public HealthMaster's Degree229$89,841not reported
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree219$71,531$24,188
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationMaster's Degree36$131,662not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingDoctoral Degree156$138,311not reported
DentistryFirst Professional Degree127$147,256not reported
Biology, GeneralDoctoral Degree26not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degreenot reported$155,687not reported
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationDoctoral Degree4$132,633not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree56$131,054not reported
StatisticsMaster's Degree55not reportednot reported
Biological and Physical SciencesMaster's Degree115$142,232not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Rutgers University-New Brunswick: 37,751 undergraduates; 28% of students receive Pell grants; 58% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

58%

15th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

37,751

98th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

28%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

36th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

84%

finish within 150% of normal time

96th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

35%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$43,360

66th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k29%
  • $30k–$48k17%
  • $48k–$75k16%
  • $75k–$110k13%
  • Over $110k26%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k29%
$30k–$48k17%
$48k–$75k16%
$75k–$110k13%
Over $110k26%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,037 people who studied at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, most often in science & academia (47%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 47% (1,515 people); medicine 1.5% (47 people); law 5.8% (186 people); politics & gov 8.6% (277 people); business 3.1% (101 people); engineering & tech 2.6% (83 people); writing & journalism 10% (331 people); film & stage 4.9% (159 people); music 3.1% (101 people); visual arts 3.8% (123 people); sports 6.9% (221 people); religion 0.9% (28 people); military 1.6% (50 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,51547.0%
medicine471.5%
law1865.8%
politics & gov2778.6%
business1013.1%
engineering & tech832.6%
writing & journalism33110.3%
film & stage1594.9%
music1013.1%
visual arts1233.8%
sports2216.9%
religion280.9%
military501.6%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (834) · university teacher (326) · politician (251) · writer (186) · lawyer (167) · journalist (85) · historian (84) · actor (78)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 9% for the 1840s to 34% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 13 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1750snot reported5not reported
1760snot reported1not reported
1770snot reported2not reported
1780snot reported2not reported
1790snot reported4not reported
1800snot reported5not reported
1810snot reported14not reported
1820snot reported10not reported
1830snot reported16not reported
1840s2209%
1850snot reported22not reported
1860snot reported18not reported
1870snot reported10not reported
1880snot reported18not reported
1890s42613%
1900s4537%
1910s76110%
1920s1610313%
1930s2914617%
1940s7119926%
1950s8718332%
1960s8114636%
1970s5811434%
1980s587444%
1990s184728%
2000s122334%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 75,132 in 2021-03.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0625,404
2026-0530,239
2026-0428,905
2026-0328,628
2026-0226,485
2026-0132,265
2025-1232,221
2025-1138,969
2025-1042,063
2025-0945,626
2025-0834,061
2025-0731,938
2025-0637,532
2025-0536,769
2025-0436,812
2025-0342,820
2025-0236,616
2025-0143,411
2024-1248,806
2024-1148,652
2024-1058,711
2024-0953,795
2024-0836,313
2024-0733,486
2024-0633,883
2024-0539,068
2024-0437,932
2024-0338,881
2024-0241,246
2024-0151,739
2023-1248,827
2023-1151,014
2023-1043,955
2023-0947,609
2023-0841,240
2023-0734,723
2023-0634,185
2023-0540,337
2023-0447,084
2023-0345,771
2023-0237,686
2023-0140,395
2022-1236,282
2022-1144,490
2022-1050,076
2022-0944,304
2022-0839,142
2022-0736,824
2022-0632,143
2022-0535,911
2022-0439,996
2022-0348,435
2022-0242,156
2022-0143,145
2021-1246,472
2021-1143,350
2021-1050,319
2021-0945,990
2021-0838,085
2021-0737,681
2021-0631,762
2021-0539,311
2021-0448,179
2021-0375,132
2021-0237,633
2021-0142,142
2020-1242,650
2020-1147,440
2020-1038,113
2020-0933,217
2020-0833,370
2020-0738,171
2020-0635,899
2020-0541,507
2020-0445,687
2020-0343,032
2020-0240,655
2020-0146,793
2019-1248,026
2019-1154,264
2019-1049,619
2019-0946,480
2019-0838,849
2019-0735,499
2019-0633,832
2019-0539,505
2019-0438,207
2019-0341,103
2019-0235,737
2019-0142,612
2018-1237,521
2018-1148,337
2018-1043,422
2018-0944,091
2018-0836,617
2018-0734,725
2018-0635,917
2018-0538,827
2018-0436,592
2018-0340,687
2018-0235,359
2018-0138,952
2017-1236,184
2017-1144,820
2017-1046,276
2017-0947,320
2017-0835,051
2017-0733,567
2017-0631,534
2017-0536,225
2017-0438,250
2017-0340,936
2017-0238,375
2017-0140,904
2016-1238,614
2016-1150,743
2016-1057,068
2016-0945,302
2016-0830,694
2016-0731,958
2016-0632,565
2016-0554,897
2016-0441,136
2016-0340,590
2016-0238,096
2016-0140,136
2015-1238,201
2015-1145,430
2015-1063,128
2015-0940,852
2015-0835,237
2015-0733,344

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Selman Abraham Waksman Medicine 1952
  • Milton Friedman Economics 1976

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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