New Brunswick, New Jersey · Public · 4-year · Small city
Overview
Rutgers University-New Brunswick is a public four-year institution in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 52,269 students in fall 2024, including 37,985 undergraduates and 14,284 graduate students. It is a land-grant institution. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 210 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Computer and Information Sciences, General, Social Work, and Psychology, General. It awarded 13,144 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 8 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
93% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.
Key figures
52,269
Students enrolled
93%
First-year retention
13,144
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
210
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 210
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
93%
First-year retention, part-time students
82%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
8,624
Associate degrees
11
Master's degrees
3,038
Doctoral degrees (research)
691
Professional doctorates
691
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
4
Postbaccalaureate certificates
29
Post-master's certificates
56
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
52,269
Undergraduates, fall 2024
37,985
Graduate students, fall 2024
14,284
Full-time, fall 2024
87%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
58,594
Undergraduates, 2024-25
42,531
Graduate students, 2024-25
16,063
Full-time, 2024-25
82%
Size category
20,000 students or more
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
54%
Men
46%
White
31%
Hispanic or Latino
15%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
28%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
10%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
8
Programs with a fully online option
17
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
10%
Students taking some online courses
55%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 1: Very High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Big Ten Conference
President
William F. Tate IV
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization