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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

  • 0-30k
    29%
  • 30-48k
    17%
  • 48-75k
    16%
  • 75-110k
    13%
  • 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

programgradsearn 5 yrdebt
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

  • sticker
  • 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.