Rutgers University-New Brunswick

For Fall 2024, 68,614 first-year students applied to Rutgers-New Brunswick, 39,899 were admitted and 8,191 enrolled: an acceptance rate of 58.1%.

Source: IPEDS Admissions, Fall 2024, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab), first-time, degree-seeking first-year students. Read Oct 1, 2026.

By school or major. Rutgers-New Brunswick has not posted a Common Data Set since 2023-2024, so these counts come from the Department of Education's IPEDS survey for Fall 2024, which gives one first-year rate for the whole campus and none by school or major.

Source: Rutgers Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning, Common Data Set (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Early action. Rutgers-New Brunswick has a nonbinding early action plan and no early decision plan: its first-year dates list only early action and regular decision. IPEDS gives no early action counts, so this page shows no early action acceptance rate.

Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, Application Dates and Deadlines, New Brunswick (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

You apply to a school within Rutgers-New Brunswick. Every school asks for 16 academic high school courses. The School of Arts and Sciences and Rutgers Business School ask for four years of English, two years of one foreign language, three years of math (Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II), two years of science and five other academic courses. Other schools differ:

• School of Engineering. Four years of English, four years of math (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Precalculus), a year each of chemistry and physics, and six other academic courses (computer programming recommended). No foreign language is required. Calculus is recommended in senior year if you have finished Precalculus.
• School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Four years of English, three years of math (Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II), two years of science and seven other academic courses. No foreign language is required.
• Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. Four years of English, two years of one foreign language, three years of math (Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II), a year each of biology and chemistry, and five other academic courses (physics recommended).
• School of Nursing. Four years of English, three years of math (Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II), a year each of biology and chemistry, and seven other academic courses. No foreign language is required.
• Mason Gross School of the Arts. A portfolio, audition or interview is required of every applicant. Rutgers emails a supplemental application five business days after you apply. Mason Gross applicants hear by April 1, not on the early action or regular decision dates.

  Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, Required Credentials for First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

• Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF). Open to eligible New Jersey residents. Select the EOF option on the Rutgers Application or Common App, then complete the EOF application.

  Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, Required Credentials for First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, How We Make Decisions (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

112 majors across 1 school. Every major program in the official 2026-2027 New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog's list of Major Programs of Study. The catalog gives one list for all ten New Brunswick schools, without degrees or schools; each school's section of the catalog says which majors it offers. Minors and certificates are left out.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Rutgers calls these due dates: after them you may still apply under rolling admission, on a space-available basis, to any school still open on the application, and you hear after early action and regular decision applicants. To be considered for honors and merit-based scholarships, apply by December 1. Early action applicants deferred to regular decision get a final decision by the end of February. Decisions are posted in the Rutgers Application Portal, and the reply date is May 1.

Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, Application Dates and Deadlines, New Brunswick (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Early action is not binding and does not restrict you from applying to other colleges.

Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, Application Dates and Deadlines, New Brunswick (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Rutgers-New Brunswick is test-optional: if you send SAT or ACT scores, they are an additional credential in your review, and if you do not, you still get full consideration. Rutgers reviews every score sent, so do not have scores sent if you do not want them considered. Scores must come from the testing agency. Rutgers says it maintains its test-optional and test-blind policies "through 2027".

Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, Required Credentials for First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2027, entering fall 2028

Not announced yet. When we checked Rutgers-New Brunswick's admission pages on October 1, 2026, we found no announced changes for fall 2028 entry. The deadlines and rules above are for fall 2027 entry.

Source: Rutgers Undergraduate Admissions, Required Credentials for First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

The published cost of a year at Rutgers-New Brunswick, 2026-2027:

Rutgers' estimated budget for a full-time undergraduate in the School of Arts and Sciences living on campus. Tuition and fees differ by school: in the School of Engineering, tuition is $17,609 in-state and $43,036 out-of-state, for totals of $49,994 and $75,993; the business school, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Mason Gross, Nursing and the Bloustein School also differ. Rutgers calls these figures estimates; final tuition and fees are set each July.

Source: Rutgers Scarlet Hub, Rutgers Students Cost of Attendance, 2026-2027 (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Average net price per year, by family income, 2023-24:

What first-year, full-time, in-state students who received federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, by family income, in 2023-24, the latest year the Department of Education publishes. Your own price comes from Rutgers' aid offer.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Chosen for how close each is to Rutgers University-New Brunswick on acceptance rate, public or private, location and majors offered.

• University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA · Public59.4% admitted$30,434 average net price
• The City College of New YorkNew York, NY · Public58% admitted$3,776 average net price
• Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA · Public55.3% admitted$32,875 average net price
• CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY · Public53.8% admitted$2,984 average net price
• Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, NJ · Public66.3% admitted$18,745 average net price

Admitted: each school's latest first-year acceptance rate, so the year can differ from school to school; each school's page names its year and source. Average net price: what federal aid recipients paid per year after grants, 2023-24, and the in-state figure for a public university.