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.
$433.9 million That's the amount of research contracts and grants awarded to Rutgers faculty in a single year. What's in it for you? Endless opportunity to make your own discoveries: about 60% of Rutgers undergrads do original research.
75,000+ That's how many people attend Rutgers Day, our annual spring event when we share all things Rutgers with New Jersey and beyond, featuring free performances, exhibits, tours, hands-on activities, and sporting events.
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.
6 That’s the number of Rutgers students who have won prestigious Bill and Melinda Gates Scholarships and 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.
#1 U.S. News & World Report has ranked Rutgers-Newark #1 in student diversity since 1997. Rutgers-New Brunswick consistently ranks in the top 30. Our 58,000 students come from every county in New Jersey, every state in the nation, and more than 125 countries. Campus diversity gives Rutgers graduates a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Our career-savvy alumni tell us so.
132 That’s the number of valedictorians and salutatorians who chose to enroll at Rutgers last year. How’s that for good company?
100+ undergraduate and 180+ graduate programs are offered 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.
70-100%
That's the acceptance rate to veterinary school enjoyed by Rutgers students over the past 10 years. The national average is below 50%.
#3 Interested in studying law? Check out Rutgers-Camden's School of Law, ranked #3 in the nation for Ten Law Degrees with Most Financial Value at Graduation by
U.S. News & World Report.
#3 in the nation, Planetizen: Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs. And the award goes to...Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy!
#3 Rutgers ranks third among more than 200 U.S. four-year institutions for student veterans services in
Military Times Edge magazine's annual Best for Vets survey. We thank veterans for serving our country. Rutgers is ready to return the favor and serve our veterans on whatever campus they choose.
Top 3 For the fourth consecutive year, the Rutgers football team ranks in the top three nationally in the NCAA'S Academic Progress Rate (APR), becoming the only university in the nation to earn such a prestigious honor. For the fourth straight year, Rutgers has the best APR mark of any state university in the nation. Now that's a smart play!
1,000 incoming Rutgers students are university merit scholarship recipients throughout the nation. The top 1,100 students enrolling in Rutgers-New Brunswick are in the top 6% of their high school classes and have SAT scores exceeding 2100. 120 Presidential Scholars with a mean SAT of almost 2300 and an average percentile high school rank of the top 3 percent enrolled at Rutgers in 2011. Notice a pattern? Rutgers students are overachievers.
59% That's the acceptance rate to medical school enjoyed by Rutgers' pre-med students over the past 10 years. The national average is 45%.
#3 The
Wall Street Journal ranked Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick #3 for Top 25 Recruiter Picks in the Tri-State Region and #21 in the nation.
Bloomberg Business Week named Rutgers as one of the Best U.S. Business Schools in 2010. Want to work on Wall Street? Recruiters love Rutgers students.
Top 10 According to HerCampus.com, Rutgers is a Top 10 College for Women. Since its founding as the New Jersey College for Women in 1918,
Rutgers' Douglass Residential College has been at the forefront of education for women, and
continues to support women's development in all arenas, including
research, education, business, public policy, communication and
community service.
Top 100 Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students ranks Rutgers as a Top 100 Campus for the LGBT Community.
Class of 2011 Who hired Rutgers' Class of 2011? Here's a small sample: Accenture, AmeriCorps, AT&T, Bank of New York/Mellon, Bloomberg, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CNBC, Colgate-Palmolive, Disney, General Electric, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Merck, Siemens, and Teach for America.
$1,000,000+, 1,200 pounds, and 3 countries The Rutgers University Dance Marathon has raised more than $1 million over three years to aid sick children. Rutgers Against Hunger donates 1,200 pounds of food to the needy each week. The Rutgers Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders - USA conducted international projects to provide clean water in three countries- Thailand, Guatemala, and Kenya. Rutgers makes lasting contributions with a priceless impact. Jersey roots, global reach.
3,600+ international students from 125+ countries - from Albania to Zimbabwe - study at Rutgers. More than 700 Rutgers students learn and travel to forty different countries through Study Abroad, and more than 90 students from other countries choose Rutgers for their Study Abroad experience. Where will Rutgers take you?
100 of America's leading employers recruit Rutgers sophomores and juniors for summer internships. Rutgers' Office of Career Services sponsors more yearly job fairs than any other college or university in the country. Get your resume ready!
$653 million Rutgers students garner that much financial aid in a single year. 86% of undergraduates and 80% of graduate students receive aid. 55% qualify for Pell grants (awarded to low-income students) and other federal grants. Through the Rutgers Future Scholars Program, 800 academically promising middle school and high school students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds are given five years of precollege support and can attend the university tuition-free if they are accepted. We like to call this "access to education."
99% of Rutgers’ full-time faculty hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree. In total, Rutgers employs more than 13,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff on its three regional campuses.
400,000+ Rutgers’ 400,000+ alumni live in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in seven U.S. territories, and on six contents. Where else can you find and build a stronger network with your peers?
29 students earned Fulbright Scholarships in 2010 and 2011.