Undergraduate enrollment at Rutgers University is set at 51,458 this fall, an increase of 3.3% from the fall of 2024, university officials said.
To be clear, the enrollment represents all three campuses: Newark and Camden as well as New Brunswick.
And, Rutgers officials said, it’s not the first time the three-campus unit has topped 50,000.
Still, this year’s class — which came from a record number of applicants — represents metrics the school is happy to tout.
“As we continue to hit record-breaking numbers with our incoming class, our goal remains the same: to enroll the most preeminent students within New Jersey, across the nation and around the world,” Courtney McAnuff, vice chancellor of enrollment management at Rutgers-New Brunswick, said.
“With over 77,000 applicants, this incoming class stands out in every area, from academics and innovative research to civic involvement.”
The class also is the first for new president William Tate, who began his tenure as the school’s 22nd president on July 1.
Tate, who served as president of LSU in his previous job, said he was excited by what Rutgers offers its students.
Tate said he saw the Rutgers Edge in its commitment to research.
“I can tell what a university is going to be like when I see the research expenditures,” he said. “I can tell if it’s going to be a vibrant intellectual environment, or if it’s going to be slow moving. And what I saw from the numbers, the way they were accelerating, was that there’s a lot of amazing research happening here, which tells me that Ph.D. students and doctors and post-docs are there in that environment.
“And if they’re being funded really well, that means they’re interacting with undergrads, which is the difference between having a liberal arts experience and one in a major research university.”
This fall, more than 50,000 students will have that opportunity.
