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Rutgers University - Newark

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Newark, NJ
Population 12,000,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,187
Men / Women 47% / 53%
Hispanic 32%
White 25%
Black 18%
Asian 17%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%
From State 92%
From Region 2%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 43%
Humanities & Social Sciences 33%
Life & Natural Sciences 15%
Computer Science 5%
Arts 2%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,933
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $35,758
Est. In-State Cost $19,317
Est. Out-of-State Cost $46,257
10-Year ROI $251,000
ROI Percentile 93th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 84%
4-Year Graduation Rate 42%
6-Year Graduation Rate 64%
Transfer-Out Rate 18%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 247 (50%)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 77%
Yield (Unbound) 7%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $5M #170
Life & Natural Sciences $16M #216
Engineering, Computing & Math $1M #329
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 326 #67
Engineering, Computing & Math 1 #249
Life & Natural Sciences 21 #408

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy blind

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Rutgers Business School 925 50% / 50% 2% $80,909 97%
Accounting 116 53% / 47% 3% $92,382 95 96%
Business Administration 75 44% / 56% 3% $87,451 93 98%
Finance 167 70% / 30% 4% $101,309 98 98%
Logistics 110 64% / 36% 3% $87,451 93 98%
Management Information Systems 55 65% / 35% 4% $96,718 96 97%
Management Science 1 0% / 100% 0% $86,477 92
Marketing 132 37% / 63% 2% $77,469 86 98%
African-American Studies 2 0% / 100% 0% $34,770 5 96%
Criminal Justice 156 43% / 57% 1% $58,594 60 95%
Legal Studies 2 100% / 0% 0% $58,690 60
Public Administration 26 35% / 65% 4% $62,710 68 92%
Social Work 82 16% / 84% 1% $53,428 46 94%
Womens Studies $48,181 31
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 1 0% / 100% 0% $56,671 55
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Arts & Sciences - Newark 681 38% / 62% 1% $74,952 94%
Computer Science 86 72% / 28% 2% $131,153 100 95%
Information Science/Studies 2 100% / 0% 0% $97,712 97 97%
Applied Mathematics 4 75% / 25% 0% $92,622 95
Chemistry 19 37% / 63% 0% $76,056 85 96%
Geosciences 3 0% / 100% 0% $68,704 78 100%
Mathematics 5 80% / 20% 0% $97,521 97 98%
Physics 1 100% / 0% 0% $87,968 93 100%
Biology 187 31% / 69% 1% $72,842 82 94%
Environmental Science 7 14% / 86% 0% $68,982 78 88%
Neuroscience 43 28% / 72% 2% $69,848 79
Economics 29 79% / 21% 3% $87,743 93 97%
Anthropology 4 75% / 25% 0% $53,715 47 96%
English 15 13% / 87% 0% $54,246 49 92%
History 14 57% / 43% 0% $58,981 61 89%
Journalism 9 56% / 44% 0% $62,307 67 96%
Philosophy 3 33% / 67% 0% $62,015 67 80%
Political Science 31 55% / 45% 0% $71,531 81 92%
Psychology 167 20% / 80% 1% $58,473 60 93%
Sociology 18 17% / 83% 0% $52,960 45 95%
Spanish 1 0% / 100% 0% $55,390 52 85%
Film Production 9 56% / 44% 11% $62,405 67 100%
Music 1 0% / 100% 0% $46,231 25 90%
Studio Art 22 32% / 68% 0% $48,946 33 90%
Theater 1 100% / 0% 0% $41,858 15 99%