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Rutgers University - Newark

Basic Information

Type Public
Location Newark, NJ
Population 12,000,000
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Demographics

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

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 43%
Humanities & Social Sciences 33%
Life & Natural Sciences 16%
Engineering, Computing & Math 6%
Arts 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 (50th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 247 (50th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 55%
Yield (Unbound) 7%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $5M #171
Life & Natural Sciences $16M #220
Engineering, Computing & Math $1M #334
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 326 #68
Engineering, Computing & Math 1 #255
Life & Natural Sciences 21 #433

Honors College

Standardized Tests — Test Blind

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Rutgers Business School 925 50% / 50% 2% $81,670
Accounting 116 53% / 47% 3% $89,703
Business Administration 75 44% / 56% 3% $111,531
Finance 167 70% / 30% 4% $92,944
Logistics 110 64% / 36% 3% $111,531
Management Information Systems 55 65% / 35% 4% $88,732
Management Science 1 0% / 100% 0%
Marketing 132 37% / 63% 2% $71,072
African-American/Black Studies 2 0% / 100% 0% $31,899
Criminal Justice 156 43% / 57% 1% $53,756
Legal Studies 2 100% / 0% 0%
Public Administration 26 35% / 65% 4% $57,532
Social Work 82 16% / 84% 1% $54,277
Womens Studies
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 1 0% / 100% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Arts & Sciences - Newark 681 38% / 62% 1% $74,917
Applied Mathematics 4 75% / 25% 0%
Computer Science 86 72% / 28% 2% $120,324
Information Science/Studies 2 100% / 0% 0% $89,644
Mathematics 5 80% / 20% 0% $89,469
Physics 1 100% / 0% 0% $80,705
Biology 187 31% / 69% 1% $70,857
Chemistry 19 37% / 63% 0% $69,776
Environmental Science 7 14% / 86% 0% $63,286
Geosciences 3 0% / 100% 0%
Neuroscience 43 28% / 72% 2%
Economics 29 79% / 21% 3% $80,498
Anthropology 4 75% / 25% 0% $49,280
English 15 13% / 87% 0% $49,767
History 14 57% / 43% 0% $54,111
Journalism 9 56% / 44% 0% $57,162
Philosophy 3 33% / 67% 0% $56,894
Political Science 31 55% / 45% 0% $65,625
Psychology 167 20% / 80% 1% $70,290
Sociology 18 17% / 83% 0% $48,587
Spanish 1 0% / 100% 0% $50,817
Film Production 9 56% / 44% 11%
Music 1 0% / 100% 0% $42,414
Studio Art 22 32% / 68% 0% $44,905
Theater 1 100% / 0% 0%