Admissions & selectivity
Rutgers University-New Brunswick Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s reported acceptance rate is 58.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 58.2%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Rutgers University-New Brunswick admits 58.1% of applicants, a rate that sits well below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Rutgers University-New Brunswick students report?
Among enrolled students who submitted scores, the middle 50% of SAT scores ranges from 1,310 to 1,500, and the middle 50% of ACT scores ranges from 28 to 33. These ranges describe the 25th to 75th percentile of submitted scores, not minimum requirements, and reflect a student body that arrives with strong academic preparation.
An applicant whose scores sit within or above these bands is in line with the profile of recently enrolled students.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1310
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1500
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 28
- 75th percentile
- 33
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Rutgers University-New Brunswick?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 27.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 22.4%
- First-year retention
- 93.0%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick enrolls 37,751 undergraduates, with 27.9% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 22.4% arriving as transfers or part-time students. The student body is built from multiple entry points, not a single freshman pipeline.
Pell-eligible applicants can use the cost calculator to see their estimated price after grants and scholarships.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is 83.6%, well above the peer median of 65.0% for comparable institutions. The university retains 93.0% of its first-year students, also exceeding the peer median of 83.1%.
Pell Grant recipients complete at 71.8%, which is below the overall six-year rate by 11.8 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect a campus where the large majority of first-year students persist, and where graduation outcomes for the entering class as a whole outpace those of comparable institutions.
The Pell completion figure is a separate data point that students who will rely on need-based aid may want to weigh alongside the overall rate.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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