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Rutgers acceptance rate

Rutgers University–New Brunswick · New Brunswick, New Jersey · Public · 37,751 undergraduates

58.1%
accepted, fall 2024
68,614
applications
39,899
offers of admission
8,191
enrolled (21% of those admitted)

Applications more than doubled between 2014 and 2024, reaching 68,614. Most four-year colleges are easier to get into: 1,232 of the 1,579 that report a rate admit a larger share. Virginia Tech is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Rutgers in size and selectivity (55%); Ohio State University is the easiest (61%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 60%2002 55%2003 54%2004 61%2005 61%2006 58%2007 56%2008 56%2009 61%2010 59%2011 61%2012 61%2013 60%2014 60%2015 58%2016 57%2017 58%2018 60%2019 61%2020 67%2021 68%2022 66%2023 65%2024 58%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202468,61439,89958.1%8,191
202343,34728,32665.3%7,681
202241,65427,61266.3%7,780
202143,16129,41968.2%7,105
202041,26327,61866.9%6,551
201941,28625,27761.2%7,315
201841,34824,85460.1%7,036
201738,38422,18657.8%6,268
201636,67720,88456.9%6,466
201535,34020,65758.5%6,607
201431,94119,32460.5%6,412
201330,63118,23059.5%6,337
201228,63517,43660.9%6,170
201128,60217,48761.1%6,075
201029,53217,44859.1%6,033
200928,62417,59861.5%5,839
200829,54716,47855.8%5,840
200728,20815,87756.3%5,519
200627,56016,04958.2%5,086
200525,46215,43760.6%5,121
200424,43414,96161.2%4,817
200327,31114,85754.4%4,679
200226,67814,76455.3%5,054
200127,07416,17259.7%5,468

Applications and offers

020k40k60k80k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 27k Admitted: 16k2002 Applied: 27k Admitted: 15k2003 Applied: 27k Admitted: 15k2004 Applied: 24k Admitted: 15k2005 Applied: 25k Admitted: 15k2006 Applied: 28k Admitted: 16k2007 Applied: 28k Admitted: 16k2008 Applied: 30k Admitted: 16k2009 Applied: 29k Admitted: 18k2010 Applied: 30k Admitted: 17k2011 Applied: 29k Admitted: 17k2012 Applied: 29k Admitted: 17k2013 Applied: 31k Admitted: 18k2014 Applied: 32k Admitted: 19k2015 Applied: 35k Admitted: 21k2016 Applied: 37k Admitted: 21k2017 Applied: 38k Admitted: 22k2018 Applied: 41k Admitted: 25k2019 Applied: 41k Admitted: 25k2020 Applied: 41k Admitted: 28k2021 Applied: 43k Admitted: 29k2022 Applied: 42k Admitted: 28k2023 Applied: 43k Admitted: 28k2024 Applied: 69k Admitted: 40k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women35,94821,31459.3%
Men32,65218,57456.9%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
650 to 730 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
660 to 770
ACT composite
28 to 33

Colleges similar to Rutgers

The six public four-year colleges closest to Rutgers in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		55%30,923$25,808$88,716
South Carolina
Columbia, SC		60%29,820$22,197$69,024
UMass Amherst
Amherst, MA		60%23,671$22,857$80,486
Texas A&M
College Station, TX		57%59,615$21,527$78,159
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH		61%45,638$17,269$67,080
Penn State
University Park, PA		61%42,284$33,675$71,762

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Rutgers to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Rutgers on College Scorecard