Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ83 Somerset St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1281
848-445-4636
Rutgers University-New Brunswick is a public research university in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is the flagship campus of the Rutgers system and the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey. Rutgers-New Brunswick was established in 1766 as Queen's College, the eighth college chartered in the American colonies and one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution. It was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers, a Revolutionary War hero and benefactor of the school. The university has three campuses: the flagship New Brunswick campus, as well as campuses in Newark and Camden. The university is organized into 29 academic departments, offering more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 200 graduate programs. Rutgers-New Brunswick is a member of the Association of American Universities and is ranked among the top 50 research universities in the United States and the top 100 worldwide. The university is also a member of the Big Ten Conference and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a consortium of the nation's top research universities.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 50411
Acceptance Rate: 66.93%
Type: Public, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://newbrunswick.rutgers.edu/
Financial Aid: https://financialaid.rutgers.edu/
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $33002
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $49784
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is $125621.48. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. For graduates of Rutgers University-New Brunswick, we saw an average early-career income of $45700.00 and mid-career income of $68200.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.