Important dates and current statistics

Important Dates 1766 1825 Chartered as Queen’s College, the eighth oldest college in the nation Named for Colonel Henry Rutgers, a Revolutionary War veteran

1864 1956 1989

Designated New Jersey’s land-grant college Became the state university of New Jersey Invited to join the Association of American Universities, a highly selective organization comprising the 62 leading research universities in North America

Current Statistics
(for fall 2007)

Students
Total: 50,516 students

    Camden
    Undergraduate: 3,690
    Graduate: 1,469
    Total: 5,159

    Newark
    Undergraduate: 6,685
    Graduate: 3,868
    Total: 10,553

    New Brunswick
    Undergraduate: 26,829
    Graduate: 7,975
    Total: 34,804

New graduates 2007:

    Camden: 1,331
    Newark: 2,422
    New Brunswick: 7,583
    Total: 11,336

Faculty and Staff
(these numbers are approximations)
2,650 faculty
6,350 staff

Alumni
360,000 living alumni; 200,000 living in New Jersey

Academic Offerings
more than 100 degree programs