Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Location and Contact Information
83 Somerset StNew Brunswick, NJ 08901-1281
USA
Main Tel: (732) 932-1766
Web Site
The campus is in a small city.
Overview
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, also is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey. It was founded on November 10, 1766 and the New Brunswick Campus is Rutgers University's largest campus. It covers an area of 1,989 acres and is organized into several undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, which include:
- College of Nursing
- Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
- Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
- Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School
- Mason Gross School of the Arts
- Rutgers Business School
- School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
- School of Engineering
- School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- School of Management and Labor Relations
- School of Social Work
Rutgers University’s New Brunswick Campus is home to over 50 fraternities and sororities. Many fraternities and sororities maintain houses for their chapters in the area of Union Street. The university also hosts more than 700 student organizations covering a wide range of interests.
Highlights (vs. Other Schools)
- Many students concentrating in mathematics, therapy and counseling, religion and philosophy, science, drama and performing arts, media, and liberal arts.
- Large number of students.
- Large number of programs of study offered.
- High faculty salary.
- Number of dorm rooms for students.
- High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
School characteristics:
- The school is public.
- Academic calender: Semester.
- Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.
Features of note:
- The school offers a faculty tenure system.
- There are one or more libraries on-campus.
- Campus housing is available.
- Students may study abroad.
- Distance learning is available.
- Weekend study is an option.
- Part-time classes are available.
- ROTC.
- Athlete financial aid is awarded.
Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| State Tuition and fees | $ 11,886 |
| Out-of-state tuition and fees | $ 23,058 |
| Room | $ 6,526 |
| Board | $ 4,150 |
| Books and supplies | $ 1,431 |
| Other | $ 2,345 |
Financial Aid
Rutgers participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.
In 2009-2010, 94% of students received financial aid of some sort.
| Grants | % of Students | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Any Grant | 94% | $5,334 |
| Institutional Grant | 33% | $4,621 |
| Federal Grant | 49% | $2,368 |
| Pell Grant | 25% | $3,437 |
| Other Federal Grant | 26% | $1,130 |
| State or Local Grant | 64% | $3,658 |
| Loans | % of Students | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Student Loan | 94% | $5,884 |
| Federal Loan | 75% | $4,380 |
| Other Loan | 19% | $11,935 |
(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)
Similar Schools
Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Rutgers University-New Brunswick:
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| School | Location | Enrollment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY | 23,991 |
| 2 | University of California-San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 27,520 |
| 3 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | 21,868 |
| 4 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg, VA | 30,739 |
| 5 | University of California-Irvine | Irvine, CA | 26,984 |
| 6 | University of California-Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | 38,220 |
| 7 | University of Colorado at Boulder | Boulder, CO | 32,469 |
| 8 | Purdue University-Main Campus | West Lafayette, IN | 41,433 |
| 9 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL | 43,246 |
| 10 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 35,396 |
Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)
| Degree | Total Earned | Different Programs |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor | 5,752 | 89 |
| Master | 1,545 | 77 |
| Doctorate | 410 | 70 |
| First-professional degree | 257 | 2 |
| Post-master's certificate | 1 |
Faculty
Tenure (2009-2010):
| Full-Time Faculty | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| With tenure | 1,187 | |
| Without tenure; working toward tenure | 322 | |
| Without tenure; tenure not available | 897 |
Students
Student enrollment was 36,041 in 2009-2010 (34,504 full-time equivalent).
About 51% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 49% of the class.
Undergrads are 50% of enrolled students, graduate students are 50%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 1%.
Students under 25 years old represent 78% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.
Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.
Admissions Summary (2009-2010)
Applicants Admitted Men 61% Women 62% All 61%
SAT Test Scores:
SAT Middle 50% Verbal 520-630 Math 550-670 Writing 530-640
Room and Board
Rutgers provides on-campus housing for 14,760 of its 34,504 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).
Athletics
School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big East Conference for major sports.
The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 272 male students received the aid (men were 60% of those receiving aid) and 185 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 40% of students receiving such aid) .
International Study
About 2% of freshmen are from countries other than the US.
International applicants are required to take the TOEFL exam.
Graduate School Focus
Rutgers offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).
Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).
Programs of Study
(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
- Agricultural Economics
- Agriculture
- Food Science
ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE
- Animal Sciences
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
- City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
- Environmental Design/Architecture
ART STUDIES
- Art/Art Studies
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
- Accounting
- Business Administration and Management
- Finance
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
- Labor and Industrial Relations
- Management Science
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
- Marketing/Marketing Management
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
- Computer and Information Sciences
- Information Science/Studies
CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Natural Resources Management and Policy
DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS
- Dance
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
EDUCATION AND TEACHING
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
- Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
- Education
- Educational Leadership and Administration
- Educational Statistics and Research Methods
- Elementary Education and Teaching
- English/Language Arts Teacher Education
- Foreign Language Teacher Education
- Mathematics Teacher Education
- Reading Teacher Education
- Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
- Social Studies Teacher Education
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
- Special Education and Teaching
- Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas
ENGINEERING
- Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering
- Ceramic Sciences and Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Engineering Science
- Industrial Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Operations Research
FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK
- Public Policy Analysis
- Social Work
FINE ARTS
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation
LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE
- Plant Sciences
LAW
- Law (LLB, JD)
LIBERAL ARTS
- African-American/Black Studies
- American/United States Studies/Civilization
- Anthropology
- Chinese Language and Literature
- Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
- Comparative Literature
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- English Language and Literature
- French Language and Literature
- Geography
- German Language and Literature
- Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
- History
- Italian Language and Literature
- Latin American Studies
- Library Science/Librarianship
- Linguistics
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- Political Science and Government
- Portuguese Language and Literature
- Russian Language and Literature
- Russian Studies
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Urban Studies/Affairs
- Women's Studies
MATHEMATICS
- Mathematics
- Statistics
MEDIA
- Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
- Journalism
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY
- Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
MEDICINE
- Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
- Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
MUSIC
- Music Performance
- Music
NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY
- Kinesiology and Exercise Science
- Nutrition Sciences
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
- Jewish/Judaic Studies
- Philosophy
- Religion/Religious Studies
SCIENCE
- Astrophysics
- Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
- Biochemistry
- Biological and Physical Sciences
- Biology/Biological Sciences
- Biometry/Biometrics
- Biotechnology
- Botany/Plant Biology
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
- Chemistry
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Geology/Earth Science
- Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
- Meteorology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
- Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Physiology
- Toxicology
SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
- Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
THERAPY AND COUNSELING
- Educational Psychology
- Psychology