Student Population at Rutgers

The following chart compares Rutgers's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in New Jersey.

Rutgers has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 47,874 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in New Jersey average (14,580 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Rutgers University-New Brunswick and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 24,032 male and 28,237 female students attending Rutgers. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.85 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Rutgers.

By age, there are 40,648 students whose age under twenty five and 5,507 students whose age is over thirty years old at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Especially, 113 students are younger than eighteen and 34 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 25,690 students (49.15% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,953 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 3,042 students live in New Jersey where Rutgers University-New Brunswick is located in and 801 students have enrolled from other states.