Notes

These are items that bear looking into more closely.

• This institution’s six year bachelors graduation rate is 66.2%, so approximately 3/10 of undergrads who enroll do not earn a bachelors degree from here.

Overview of institution

This, and the rest of the page, use info from the most recent year available, generally 2023.

• Institution kind: Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

• Undergrad program: Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence

• Graduate program: Research Doctoral: Comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school

• Enrollment profile: High undergraduate (see more details below)

• Average net price for undergrads on financial aid: $16,578 . This is 90% the average cost of Harvard.

• Actual price for your family: Go here to see what your family may be asked to pay. It can be MUCH lower than the average price but also higher for some.

• Size and setting: Four-year, large, primarily residential

• In state percentage: 93% of first year students come from New Jersey

• In US percentage: 95% of first year students come from the US

• Graduation rate (within 6 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 66.2% (this is what is usually reported as “graduation rate”)

• Graduation rate (within 4 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 39.2%

• Percent of students seeking a Bachelors who transfer out of this institution: 18.2%

• Student to tenure-stream faculty ratio: 16.3 (undergrads to tenure-stream faculty) [Tenure explained]

• Student to faculty ratio: 11.0 (undergrads to all faculty)

• Degrees offered: Bachelor’s degree, Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master’s degree, Post master’s certificate, Doctor’s degree: research scholarship, Doctor’s degree: professional practice

• Schedule: Semester

• Institution provides on campus housing: Yes

• Dorm capacity: There are enough dorm beds for 2453 students

• Freshmen required to live on campus: No

• Advanced placement (AP) credits used: Yes

• Disabilities: 8.00 percent of undergrads are registered as having disabilities.

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Comparisons

The sections below show this institution compared with others. The ones listed are ones it has identified as peers, who consider themselves peers, and/or who the federal government considers peers. If a comparison school has the same value as the focal school, its cell is grayed out. In fields where there is a common view that higher (or lower) values are better, the best values are in blue, the worst values are in red. If there isn’t a sense of a particular value being better, values are shown in varying shades of green. Arrows show where there is a signficant trend over time for a school. You can swipe across the table to see more of it; the focal school column is always visible.

• Rutgers University-Newark lists these schools as ones to compare itself within federal IPEDS data, and they do the same back: Rutgers University-New Brunswick, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Temple University, Northern Arizona University, Cleveland State University, Rutgers University-Camden, University of New Orleans
• Rutgers University-Newark compares itself to these institutions, but not vice versa: University of Central Florida, William & Mary, San Diego State University, Texas Tech University, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Georgia State University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus, Louisiana Tech University, Idaho State University, Tennessee State University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Nevada-Reno, Mississippi State University, Ball State University, Oregon State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Middle Tennessee State University, George Mason University, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Wayne State University, The University of Texas at Dallas, Miami University-Oxford, Indiana University-Indianapolis, University of Alabama at Birmingham, West Virginia University, Illinois State University, Kansas State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Florida Atlantic University, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Missouri-St Louis, South Dakota State University, University of North Dakota, Utah State University, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, Montana State University, Arkansas State University, East Carolina University, University of Mississippi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, University of Idaho, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of South Alabama, Central Michigan University, North Dakota State University-Main Campus, University of New Mexico-Main Campus, East Tennessee State University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, New Mexico State University-Main Campus, Oakland University, University of Wyoming, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The University of Texas at El Paso, University of Akron Main Campus, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Portland State University, Michigan Technological University, Old Dominion University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, University of Northern Colorado, Wichita State University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus, University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of South Dakota, University of Maine, Texas Woman’s University, Alabama A & M University, The University of Montana, Texas A & M University-Commerce, Wright State University-Main Campus, Texas A & M University-Kingsville, Indiana State University, Texas Southern University, Jackson State University, South Carolina State University, University of California-San Francisco
• These institutions compare themselves to Rutgers University-Newark, but not vice versa: CUNY Bernard M Baruch College, University of Vermont, Rowan University, Texas State University, CUNY Queens College, CUNY City College, Montclair State University, Missouri State University-Springfield, Pace University, Caldwell University, Morgan State University, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Berkeley College-Woodland Park, Berkeley College-New York, New Jersey City University, Felician University, Fielding Graduate University

Enrollment

General

Teaching

Tenure track faculty are those who are eligible for tenure. This includes both pre-tenure and tenured faculty. Once faculty get tenure, they are (generally) protected from being fired for intellectual reasons, helping to ensure their freedom in teaching and research. They can still lose their positions for misconduct, financial problems, not fulfilling their duties, or other reasons.

Non-tenure track faculty are not eligible for tenure. Some are hired one semester at a time, some have multi-year contracts. They typically have a higher teaching load than tenure track faculty, leaving less time for research or other creative endeavors. They are also easier to fire than tenured faculty. Sometimes they are external experts (a noted musician, a former senator) who are hired to teach some classes without the expected permanence of a tenure-track position.

Note that this chart uses US federal demographic data: it only has two genders and a specified set of ethnicities and races.

Having a low student to faculty ratio is considered a good thing by many, as it can mean more individual attention.

Geography

This has information on the location of the institution. See the about page for more information on what the metrics are and how they are calculated.

Financial Aid