Rutgers University

Rutgers University-New Brunswick is a public university founded in 1766. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 36,588 (Fall 2023) and a 2,723-acre urban campus. The university operates on a semester-based academic calendar. Rutgers University-New Brunswick is ranked 41st among national universities in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges. In-state tuition and fees are $17,929 and out-of-state tuition and fees are $37,441.

Rutgers University New Brunswick is the flagship campus of The State University of New Jersey and is divided into five smaller campuses, each with unique environments and features, student centers and dining options. New students are not required to live on campus. Students can join more than 500 student clubs and organizations, including more than 80 fraternities and sororities.

When it comes to graduate education, Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education is highly ranked. It also awards the highest number of doctoral degrees of any school in the United States each year. As a public research university, Rutgers has unique institutions such as the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, where students take hands-on science courses and participate in community projects.

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights compete in the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference. After playing in the Big East Conference for more than two decades, Rutgers joined the Big Ten Conference in 2014, competing alongside the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Iowa and other schools. Rutgers features a number of athletic programs including football, basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, wrestling, and track and field. The women's basketball team won the WNIT championship in 2014 and the men's track and field team won its first Big East Outdoor Championship in 2005.

Founded in 1766 as Queen's College, an all-boys school affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church, Rutgers was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 and became a land-grant college in 1864; women were allowed to enroll in 1918, and in the mid-20th century the university officially changed its name to The State University of New Jersey.