Rutgers University-New Brunswick's admit rate has held within a 21.7-point band over 12 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | 65.3% | 7,681 | 85.0% | 93.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 66.3% | 7,780 | 84.4% | 92.0% | — |
| 2021-2022 | 78.7% | 604 | 70.9% | 77.0% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 76.3% | 598 | 65.1% | 85.0% | — |
| 2019-2020 | 79.2% | 749 | 64.6% | 85.0% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 13.9 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick's admit rate fell from 79.2% (2019-2020) to 65.3% (2023-2024) — a 13.9 pp drop. Year-over-year: 79.2 → 76.3 → 78.7 → 66.3 → 65.3. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 29 percentage points.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick's 85.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 28.7 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Rutgers University-New Brunswick applicants most commonly also apply to range from 45.0% admit to 86.2% admit — a 41.2 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick's 65.3% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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