unitid 186399 · Newark, NJ · public 4-year · city (large)
Rutgers University-Newark
- enrollment 2023
- 12,906
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
71%
28th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
7,709
65th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
59%
undergrads on Pell grants
93rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
64%
finish within 150% time
82nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$35,654
97th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$19,703
after aid, aided students
90th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$74,479
after entry, Title IV students
94th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
68th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $16,420 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k29%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k13%
- 110k+26%
- Median family income
- $43,360
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,250
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 419 | $155,687 | — |
| Law. | 241 | — | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 212 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 199 | $58,473 | $25,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 194 | $58,594 | $22,431 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 190 | $101,309 | $22,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 189 | $87,451 | $23,250 |
| Biology, General. | 186 | $72,842 | $24,161 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 157 | $92,382 | $22,770 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 118 | $103,170 | — |
| Marketing. | 112 | $77,469 | $20,731 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 109 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- 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.