Graduate Programs | Rutgers University-Newark

2023 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2022-2023 graduate tuition & fees at Rutgers University-Newark with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For New Jersey residents, the tuition & fees are $21,060 and $34,164 for non-New Jersey residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $779 for New Jersey residents and $1,325 for out-of-state students.

Data source: NCES(National Center for Education Statistics

Updated with 2022-2023 tuition (Last update: Feb. 27, 2023)

2023 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$18,696	$31,800
Fees	$2,364	$2,364
Cost per Credit	$779	$1,325
Books & Supplies	$1,350
Room & Board	$14,343 (On-Campus) / $17,878 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,244 (On-Campus) / $11,418 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$40,997	$54,101
Off-Campus Total	$51,706	$64,810

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2023)
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
In-State	$19,401	$19,967	$19,704	$20,466	$21,060
Out-of-State	$31,473	$32,375	$32,112	$33,186	$34,164

Graduate Program Overview

Rutgers University-Newark is a four-years, public school located in Newark, New Jersey. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $21,060 for New Jersey residents and $34,164 for out-of-state students.

It offers fifty-four (54) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Rutgers University-Newark
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	249 University Avenue, Blumenthal Hall, Newark, NJ
Graduate School Students	4,113 students 921 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2022-2023)	In-State$21,060 Out-of-State$34,164
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 54 Graduate Programs 35 Master's, 17 Doctorate, 2 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Rutgers University-Newark offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 54 major areas - 35 Master's (4 online programs), 17 Doctorate , 1 Post-Bachelor', 1 Post-Master'. 1,266 students have been conferred Master's degree and 303 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	1,266	303	-	-
Men	680	145	-	-
Women	586	158	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	11	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	65	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Statistics	45	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Science	68	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	171^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	75^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	370	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Science	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Jazz/Jazz Studies	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	10	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Administration	138^ONLINE	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	21	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Psychology	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Neuroscience	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biology/Biological Sciences	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Creative Writing	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	190	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American/United States Studies/Civilization	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 13,231 students enrolled in Rutgers University-Newark including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 4,113 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 2,058 male and 2,055 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,804 full-time and 2,309 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 921 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 810 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	4,113
Men Students	2,058
Women Students	2,055

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	4,113
Full-time Students	1,804
Part-time Students	2,309

By race/ethnicity 1,501 White, 470 Black, and 625 Asian students are attending at Rutgers University-Newark. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	4,113
American Indian / Native American	4
Asian	625
Black	470
Hispanic	498
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	3
White	1,501
Two or more races	90
Un-Known	163

17 students are younger than 22 and 508 students are older than 65. The school has 2,157 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,152 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	4,113
21 & Under	17
22-24	851
25-29	1,306
30-34	743
35-39	409
40 & Over	508

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-Newark, 921 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 810 students are enrolled in some online courses.