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New Brunswick, NJ ยท 3 campuses

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Rutgers University-New Brunswick is this system's primary reporting campus. New Jersey. Primary campus figures carry the federal data below.

Federal data

Federal context for Rutgers University

Published by the federal government for federally aided students at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, this system's primary reporting campus.

Median earnings 1 year after

$52,303

Median earnings 4 years after

$77,933

Median earnings 10 years after

$74,479

Average net price

$24,406

Completion rate

84%

Completions (2024)

13,167

Median earnings after completing, by program

ProgramMedian earnings, 1yrMedian earnings, 4yrGraduates counted
Social Work$54,225$66,4381,056
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$87,594$99,155984
Business Administration, Management and Operations$58,896$83,606928
Psychology, General$31,280$56,479924
Finance and Financial Management Services$68,338$100,695762
Computer and Information Sciences, General$80,448$125,303679
Criminal Justice and Corrections$34,611$61,817677
Business Administration, Management and Operations$114,572$155,535618
Medicine$69,793$96,288571
Human Resources Management and Services$49,441$75,850550
Law$61,595$106,575535
Information Science/Studies$56,360$87,757521
Biology, General$32,024$68,306484
Accounting and Related Services$68,141$89,087481
Economics$51,848$86,120450

Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release, reported for Rutgers University-New Brunswick. College Scorecard and IPEDS report some multi-campus systems as one shared figure rather than per campus, so these figures may already cover more than this one campus. Earnings cover federally aided students only, so they do not cover every graduate.

Awards conferred, by program

Awards conferred at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2024, from IPEDS completions.
ProgramAwards
Computer and Information Sciences, General746
Social Work671
Psychology, General570
Finance, General490
Biology/Biological Sciences, General421
Information Science/Studies385
Medicine317
Management Science307
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse297
Speech Communication and Rhetoric288

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Sources: federal figures for Rutgers University-New Brunswick. This system groups 3 IPEDS unit IDs that share a federal OPEID and a common name, because a graduate's public profile names the school, not the campus unit ID. Federal figures from College Scorecard and IPEDS, reported for the primary campus. Counts under 10 are not published.

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