Enrollment Trends at Rutgers

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 50,432 where 52,269 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

72.67% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.33% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,501 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 340 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Rutgers than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rutgers University-New Brunswick since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	49,428	35,484	17,580	17,904	13,944	5,460	8,484
2016-17	50,146 718	36,168 684	17,926 346	18,242 338	13,978 34	5,489 29	8,489 5
2017-18	49,577 -569	35,641 -527	17,728 -198	17,913 -329	13,936 -42	5,390 -99	8,546 57
2018-19	50,254 677	36,039 398	17,862 134	18,177 264	14,215 279	5,505 115	8,710 164
2019-20	50,173 -81	36,158 119	18,098 236	18,060 -117	14,015 -200	5,268 -237	8,747 37
2020-21	50,411 238	35,844 -314	17,831 -267	18,013 -47	14,567 552	5,336 68	9,231 484
2021-22	50,804 393	36,152 308	18,032 201	18,120 107	14,652 85	5,322 -14	9,330 99
2022-23	50,637 -167	36,344 192	18,156 124	18,188 68	14,293 -359	5,198 -124	9,095 -235
2023-24	50,617 -20	36,588 244	18,239 83	18,349 161	14,029 -264	4,987 -211	9,042 -53
2024-25	52,269 1,652	37,985 1,397	18,928 689	19,057 708	14,284 255	5,104 117	9,180 138
Average	50,432	36,240	18,038	18,202	14,191	5,306	8,885

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 36,240 where 37,985 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rutgers University-New Brunswick since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	35,484	33,392	16,700	16,692	2,092	880	1,212
2016-17	36,168	34,020	17,016	17,004	2,148	910	1,238
2017-18	35,641	33,677	16,862	16,815	1,964	866	1,098
2018-19	36,039	34,052	16,947	17,105	1,987	915	1,072
2019-20	36,158	34,285	17,214	17,071	1,873	884	989
2020-21	35,844	33,788	16,842	16,946	2,056	989	1,067
2021-22	36,152	34,389	17,185	17,204	1,763	847	916
2022-23	36,344	34,667	17,332	17,335	1,677	824	853
2023-24	36,588	35,082	17,450	17,632	1,506	789	717
2024-25	37,985	36,609	18,205	18,404	1,376	723	653
Average	36,240	36,240	17,175	17,221	36,240	863	982

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 14,191 where 14,284 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rutgers University-New Brunswick since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,944	8,737	3,671	5,066	5,207	1,789	3,418
2016-17	13,978	8,729	3,649	5,080	5,249	1,840	3,409
2017-18	13,936	8,517	3,556	4,961	5,419	1,834	3,585
2018-19	14,215	8,701	3,631	5,070	5,514	1,874	3,640
2019-20	14,015	8,538	3,516	5,022	5,477	1,752	3,725
2020-21	14,567	8,896	3,499	5,397	5,671	1,837	3,834
2021-22	14,652	8,856	3,554	5,302	5,796	1,768	4,028
2022-23	14,293	8,696	3,515	5,181	5,597	1,683	3,914
2023-24	14,029	8,656	3,354	5,302	5,373	1,633	3,740
2024-25	14,284	8,942	3,454	5,488	5,342	1,650	3,692
Average	14,191	14,191	3,540	5,187	14,191	1,766	3,699

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.58% and the percentage of black students is 8.00% at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. 29.03% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.74% to 31.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 22.47% to 29.03%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.95% to 8.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.68% to 15.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7852 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7545 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rutgers University-New Brunswick over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	35	11,108	3,931	5,775	109	20,629	1,384
2016-17	38	11,365	4,029	6,033	105	20,329	1,368
2017-18	30	11,555	3,876	6,029	105	19,723	1,382
2018-19	31	12,024	3,838	6,174	90	19,556	1,573
2019-20	26	12,509	3,650	6,180	85	18,812	1,676
2020-21	30	13,051	3,870	6,436	73	18,327	1,762
2021-22	28	13,748	3,914	6,658	58	18,047	1,797
2022-23	34	14,185	3,939	7,291	40	17,098	1,760
2023-24	39	14,538	3,933	7,535	34	16,663	1,733
2024-25	34	15,175	4,183	7,967	30	16,505	1,771
Average	33	12,926	3,916	6,608	73	18,569	1,621