How Student Population Changes at Rutgers-Newark

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 12,256 where 11,017 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

68.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 155 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 839 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Rutgers-Newark than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rutgers University-Newark since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,011	7,666	3,577	4,089	4,345	2,313	2,032
2013-14	11,212 -799	7,217 -449	3,577 0	3,640 -449	3,995 -350	2,265 -48	1,730 -302
2014-15	11,314 102	7,408 191	3,593 16	3,815 175	3,906 -89	2,180 -85	1,726 -4
2015-16	11,720 406	7,713 305	3,664 71	4,049 234	4,007 101	2,160 -20	1,847 121
2016-17	12,321 601	8,170 457	3,798 134	4,372 323	4,151 144	2,244 84	1,907 60
2017-18	12,768 447	8,551 381	3,870 72	4,681 309	4,217 66	2,255 11	1,962 55
2018-19	13,451 683	9,142 591	4,105 235	5,037 356	4,309 92	2,226 -29	2,083 121
2019-20	13,605 154	9,319 177	4,042 -63	5,277 240	4,286 -23	2,194 -32	2,092 9
2020-21	13,231 -374	9,118 -201	4,002 -40	5,116 -161	4,113 -173	2,058 -136	2,055 -37
2021-22	12,168 -1,063	8,334 -784	3,773 -229	4,561 -555	3,834 -279	1,915 -143	1,919 -136
2022-23	11,017 -1,151	7,511 -823	3,441 -332	4,070 -491	3,506 -328	1,755 -160	1,751 -168
Average	12,256	8,195	3,767	4,428	4,061	2,142	1,919

Student Population Changes of Rutgers University-Newark

Rutgers University-Newark Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 8,195 where 7,511 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rutgers University-Newark since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,666	6,220	2,953	3,267	1,446	624	822
2013-14	7,217	5,827	2,929	2,898	1,390	648	742
2014-15	7,408	5,943	2,884	3,059	1,465	709	756
2015-16	7,713	6,212	2,956	3,256	1,501	708	793
2016-17	8,170	6,680	3,102	3,578	1,490	696	794
2017-18	8,551	7,162	3,220	3,942	1,389	650	739
2018-19	9,142	7,726	3,454	4,272	1,416	651	765
2019-20	9,319	7,975	3,456	4,519	1,344	586	758
2020-21	9,118	7,974	3,454	4,520	1,144	548	596
2021-22	8,334	7,138	3,203	3,935	1,196	570	626
2022-23	7,511	6,335	2,902	3,433	1,176	539	637
Average	8,195	8,195	3,138	3,698	8,195	630	730

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Rutgers University-Newark

Rutgers University-Newark Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,061 where 3,506 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rutgers University-Newark since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,345	1,900	1,055	845	2,445	1,258	1,187
2013-14	3,995	1,732	997	735	2,263	1,268	995
2014-15	3,906	1,690	951	739	2,216	1,229	987
2015-16	4,007	1,805	960	845	2,202	1,200	1,002
2016-17	4,151	1,870	1,002	868	2,281	1,242	1,039
2017-18	4,217	1,848	977	871	2,369	1,278	1,091
2018-19	4,309	1,865	932	933	2,444	1,294	1,150
2019-20	4,286	1,966	985	981	2,320	1,209	1,111
2020-21	4,113	1,804	896	908	2,309	1,162	1,147
2021-22	3,834	1,920	989	931	1,914	926	988
2022-23	3,506	1,723	893	830	1,783	862	921
Average	4,061	4,061	967	862	4,061	1,175	1,056

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Rutgers University-Newark

Rutgers University-Newark Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.16% and the percentage of black students is 16.53% at Rutgers University-Newark. 17.11% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rutgers University-Newark over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	15	2,207	1,885	2,024	213	3,936	275
2013-14	13	2,077	1,770	2,013	118	3,537	271
2014-15	14	2,085	1,785	2,116	90	3,487	269
2015-16	12	2,141	1,885	2,355	56	3,379	243
2016-17	9	2,210	1,971	2,636	42	3,438	250
2017-18	9	2,131	2,122	2,825	28	3,450	270
2018-19	9	2,285	2,209	3,056	29	3,498	307
2019-20	10	2,202	2,170	3,124	27	3,368	347
2020-21	10	2,198	2,180	3,200	24	3,359	320
2021-22	11	2,044	1,976	3,076	18	3,116	284
2022-23	9	1,885	1,821	3,020	12	2,772	265
Average	11	2,133	1,979	2,677	60	3,395	282

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Rutgers University-Newark

Rutgers University-Newark Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

946 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 234.28% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rutgers University-Newark from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,314	283	751	10,280
2015-16	11,720	451	851	10,418
2016-17	12,321	544	848	10,929
2017-18	12,768	574	1,093	11,101
2018-19	13,451	616	1,198	11,637
2019-20	13,605	696	1,171	11,738
2020-21	13,231	11,626	995	610
2021-22	12,168	1,322	4,560	6,286
2022-23	11,017	946	2,569	7,502
Average	12,399	1,895	1,560	8,945

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Rutgers University-Newark

Enrollment Trends at Rutgers-Newark

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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