Rutgers University-New Brunswick Student Population

How many students at Rutgers?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Rutgers University-New Brunswick has a total enrollment of 52,269 students, including 37,985 undergraduate and 14,284 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 24,032 male students (46%) and 28,237 female students (54%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 16,505 White students (31.6%) and 15,175 Asian students (29%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 37,985 undergraduate students (72.7%) and 14,284 graduate students (27.3%).
• Class Delivery: 3,953 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 21,737 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - Rutgers's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 24,032 male (45.98%) and 28,237 female (54.02%) students are attending Rutgers University-New Brunswick. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 85.11.

By class level, 37,985 (72.67%) are undergraduate students and 14,284 (27.33%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 49.83% are male and 50.17% are female, while among graduate students, 35.73% are male and 64.27% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,505 White, 4,183 Black, and 15,175 Asian students out of a total of 52,269 are attending at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Rutgers University-New Brunswick is quite diverse with a diversity index of 78.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Rutgers has 113 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 40,648 students under 25 years old, and 11,621 students over 25 years old out of 52,269 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 113 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Rutgers has 36,239 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,746 students aged 25 and over.

It has 4,409 graduate students aged under 25 and 9,875 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 3,953 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 21,737 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,042 students who live in New Jersey or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 911 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 37,985 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,361 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.22%.2,283 students have transferred in as full-time status and 78 students transferred in as part-time status.