Graduation Rate at Rutgers

[updated for 2024-2025 graduation data]

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the graduation rate is 84 % within 150% normal time, the retention rate is 93 %, as of August 31, 2025.

Its graduation rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 72.57% (public Research University with very high research activity).

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Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2024-2025, 5,876 students out of 7,026 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-year BS degree) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

By gender, 2,816 male and 3,060 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period.

CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total7,0265,87683.63%
Men3,4622,81681.34%
Women3,5643,06085.86%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick graduation rate by gender

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The following table shows graduation rate by race and at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

  • American Indian or Alaska Native: 50.00%
  • Asian: 89.20%
  • Black (Non-Hispanic): 72.62%
  • Hispanic: 75.68%
  • White: 82.87%
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 75.00%
  • Two or More Race: 80.86%
  • Unknown: 86.29%
Graduation Rate by Gender
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native50.00%(2/4) - 100.00%(2/2)
Asian89.20%(2,031/2,277) 87.70%(991/1,130) 90.67%(1,040/1,147)
Black (Non-Hispanic)72.62%(297/409) 66.23%(100/151) 76.36%(197/258)
Hispanic75.68%(616/814) 72.13%(264/366) 78.57%(352/448)
White82.87%(2,046/2,469) 80.77%(1,004/1,243) 84.99%(1,042/1,226)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander75.00%(6/8) 50.00%(1/2) 83.33%(5/6)
Two or More Race80.86%(207/256) 79.84%(99/124) 81.82%(108/132)
Unknown86.29%(107/124) 82.61%(57/69) 90.91%(50/55)
Rutgers University-New Brunswick graduation rate by race

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

At Rutgers, the transfer-out rate is 8.38%.

Rutgers's retention rate is 93% for full-time students and 82 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 87.20%.


Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 564 of 665 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 84.81%.

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