Rutgers University-New Brunswick

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University-New Brunswick operates as a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 37,751 students of which 41,428 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Rutgers University-New Brunswick is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 58.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,410 and an ACT midpoint of 30. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,406, with published in-state tuition of $17,929 and a Pell grant recipient share of 27.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 84.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 93.0%. Graduates earn a median of $74,479 ten years after enrolling, compared with $61,263 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 1636000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 75.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.