Points of Pride
Fast Facts
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 2009)

Students
Total: 54,645 students

39 percent of admitted students were in the top 10 percent of their graduating class

    Camden
    Undergraduate: 4,121
    Graduate: 1,660
    Total: 5,781

    Newark
    Undergraduate: 7,307
    Graduate: 4,193
    Total: 11,500

    New Brunswick
    Undergraduate: 29,095
    Graduate: 8,269
    Total: 37,364

New graduates 2009:

    Camden: 1,291
    Newark: 2,559
    New Brunswick: 7,964
    Total: 11,814

Faculty and Staff
2,803 faculty
6,359 staff

Alumni
378,621 living alumni; 212,475 living in New Jersey

Academic Offerings
more than 100 degree programs



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Last Updated: 10/19/2009