by our College Data Analytics Team
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Rutgers University - Newark was awarded 420 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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Rutgers Newark landed the #263 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
Rutgers Newark is also ranked #6 out of 44 schools in New Jersey.
Rutgers University - Newark has an acceptance rate of 77%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 24% of students accepted to Rutgers Newark submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 650.
The student to faculty ratio at Rutgers University - Newark is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Rutgers University - Newark is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Rutgers University - Newark has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Rutgers Newark for first-time, full-time students is 40%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,118 undergraduates at Rutgers Newark with 7,974 being full-time and 1,144 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,991 | $13,649 | $18,648 | $23,711 | $26,810 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Rutgers Newark, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Rutgers Newark, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $6,154 a year. That adds up to $24,616 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Rutgers Newark is 2.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Rutgers Newark are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 249 University Avenue, Blumenthal Hall, Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone: | 973-353-1766 |
| Website: | https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 405 | $54,501 |
| General Psychology | 248 | $29,963 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 241 | $60,547 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 220 | $33,861 |
| General Biology | 217 | $26,120 |
| Accounting | 177 | $57,660 |
| Social Work | 108 | $35,836 |
| Marketing | 101 | $44,902 |
| Computer Information Systems | 75 | $69,934 |
| Other Public Administration | 74 | $33,108 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 5,882 students took at least one online class at Rutgers University - Newark. This is a decrease from the 12,621 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,882 | 1,322 |
| 2019-2020 | 12,621 | 11,626 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,695 | 573 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,814 | 616 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,667 | 574 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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