Rutgers University-New Brunswick Common Data Set 2023-24

NJTest policy: SAT or ACT recommended, not required for admission; December of senior year recommended for score submissionCompare with other schools AP credit policy

Acceptance rate

65.3%

28,326 of 43,347

Early decision rate

No ED

SAT middle 50%

~1270–1480

ACT middle 50%

28–33

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Admissions

AppliedC1	43,347
AdmittedC1	28,326
EnrolledC1	7,681
YieldC1	27.1%
Early decisionC21	Not offered
Early actionC22	Offered, counts not reported

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	—
Accepted a placeC2	—
Admitted from waitlistC2	—
Odds if you stay on the listC2	—

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	50.9%
Submitted ACTC9	5.4%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	630–720
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	640–760
Average high school GPAC12	—
GPA of 4.0C11	—
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	—
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	—
GPA below 3.50C11	—

Cost and financial aid

Tuition, in-stateG1	$14,222
Tuition, out-of-stateG1	$33,734
Required feesG1	$3,707
Food and housingG1	$15,714
Need fully met (first-years)H2	23.1%
Average % of need metH2	12%
Average need-based packageH2	$14,373
Average need-based grantH2	$14,849

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankConsidered
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayImportant
Recommendation(s)Not considered
InterviewConsidered
Extracurricular activitiesImportant
Talent/abilityConsidered
Character/personal qualitiesImportant
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationNot considered
Geographical residenceConsidered
State residencyConsidered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestNot considered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	36,588
First-year retentionB22	93%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	85%

Notes on this filing

C2: waitlist counts (offered, accepted, admitted) are all blank; the waitlist policy box is marked Yes, and the waitlist ranking questions are blank.
C21: early decision marked No; the ED applied and admitted counts are blank.
C22: early action is nonbinding (11/1 closing, 1/31 notification); the 'restrictive' question is answered No.
C7: class rank, interview, talent/ability and several other factors are marked 'Considered' (the Interview and Talent rows carry asterisks noting Mason Gross requires a talent assessment).
C8A: SAT or ACT is marked Recommended. C8F clarification is blank. C8E says December of senior year is recommended but not required. C8G lists an institutional exam for placement.
C9: SAT composite percentiles are not printed (only ERW and Math). ACT Composite is 28/31/33. Percentages of SAT/ACT submitters are printed as 50.9% and 5.4%.
C10: 14% of first-time, first-year students submitted class rank. Top tenth 30%, top quarter 66%, top half 92%, bottom half 8%, bottom quarter 1%. These are not mapped to the schema.
C11/C12: the GPA distribution and average GPA are blank, so GPA fields are null.
Enrollment: grad_rate_4yr is not printed in the filing (D/C could be derived, but was not computed). 6-year rate 85.0% is from the Fall 2017 cohort (B11).
Aid: H2 is for the first-time, full-time first-year column. pct_need_fully_met = 911/3946 = 23.1. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed, so it is null. H1 aid totals are for 2022-23 (final), not 2023-24.
Cost: G1 values are the AY 2024-25 first-year figures, not the 2023-24 filing year. In-state tuition is $14,222 and out-of-state is $33,734; the general tuition field is blank. Room and board is the food and housing figure ($15,714).

Source: Rutgers University-New Brunswick Common Data Set 2023-24 . “—” means the college left the item blank.