63percent of classes have 30 or fewer students. The
student-to-faculty ratio is 14-to-1, comparable to that of many small
liberal arts schools.
$309.7 million. That's the amount of money directed to Rutgers research faculty in 2007 alone. What's in it for you? Endless opportunity to make your own discoveries: about 60% of Rutgers undergrads do original research.
20,000+ That's how many students celebrate our annual RutgersFest, a daylong carnival and free concert featuring rides, fireworks, arcade games and national acts like Third Eye Blind, Ludacris, Everclear, and Kanye West.
14 Rutgers ranks 14th among peer universities for the number of faculty—49—who are members of the National Academies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
4 That’s the number of Rutgers students who recently won prestigious Bill and Melinda Gates Scholarships this past year. (Only Harvard matched Rutgers’ top number!) The four earned full scholarships to pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England.
26 That’s the number of branches in the Rutgers library system. Ranked among the nation’s top academic libraries, Rutgers’ libraries have the resources—from 6.4 million bound volumes to hundreds of electronic databases—to support your studies.
2,782,793 That’s the number of pounds of recyclables Rutgers collected last year to retain the Gorilla Prize in the national ReycleMania! contest. Rutgers bested 400 other colleges and universities in gross tonnage of recyclables for the second straight year.
5 Rutgers is ranked among the nation’s top 5 universities for commitment to diversity by DiversityInc magazine.
132 That’s the number of valedictorians and salutatorians who chose to enroll at Rutgers last year. How’s that for good company?
175 That’s the number of academic departments at Rutgers, from Accounting to Zoology—and everything in between!
1in 3 Join the 1 in 3 students who leverage a Rutgers degree with an advanced degree. More than 30% of Rutgers’ graduating seniors go on to graduate or professional school.
71 percent. You’re not alone: Nearly three-quarters of future college parents responding to a recent survey expected to communicate with their collegian two to three times each week. Cell phones and email make it easier to maintain the parent-child connection at college.
1for 12 Rutgers–Newark has been named the most diverse national university in the United States for 12 straight years. Campus diversity gives Rutgers–Newark graduates a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Our career-savvy alumni tell us so.