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Rutgers tuition and net price

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

$18,824
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$39,649
out-of-state tuition and fees
$36,096
full cost of attendance a year
$24,897
average net price after aid

New Jersey residents pay $18,824 in tuition and fees for 2025-26; students from other states pay $39,649. Families under $30,000 still paid $15,090 on average, 44% of what families above $110,000 paid ($34,232). Ohio State University has the lowest average net price among the schools closest to Rutgers in size and selectivity ($17,269), and Penn State the highest ($33,675).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $15,090Income under $30,000$15,090Income $30,001 to $48,000: $17,496Income $30,001 to $48,000$17,496Income $48,001 to $75,000: $18,838Income $48,001 to $75,000$18,838Income $75,001 to $110,000: $24,156Income $75,001 to $110,000$24,156Income over $110,000: $34,232Income over $110,000$34,232
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Rutgers's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $29k In-state: $14k2015-16 Out-of-state: $30k In-state: $14k2016-17 Out-of-state: $30k In-state: $14k2017-18 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $15k2018-19 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $15k2019-20 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $15k2020-21 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $15k2021-22 Out-of-state: $33k In-state: $16k2022-23 Out-of-state: $34k In-state: $16k2023-24 Out-of-state: $36k In-state: $17k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $40k In-state: $19k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$18,824$39,649
2023-24$17,239$36,001
2022-23$16,263$33,963
2021-22$15,804$33,005
2020-21$15,003$31,785
2019-20$15,407$32,189
2018-19$14,974$31,282
2017-18$14,638$30,579
2016-17$14,372$30,023
2015-16$14,131$29,521
2014-15$13,813$28,591

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$18,824 in-state, $39,649 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$16,720
Books and supplies
$1,446
Full cost of attendance
$36,096 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
31%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
39%
Median federal debt at graduation
$18,974

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

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Rutgers on College Scorecard