Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick is 15:1, and the school has 38.7 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick include: Psychology, General; Speech Communication and Rhetoric; Economics, General; Biology/Biological Sciences, General; and Political Science and Government, General. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 91.5 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	No
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts English (including composition) Humanities Sciences (biological or physical) Mathematics Social science
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	15:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Psychology, General 10% Speech Communication and Rhetoric 7% Economics, General 6% Biology/Biological Sciences, General 5% Political Science and Government, General 5%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs	5-Year B.A. or B.S./M.B.A. Program in Rutgers Business School; 5-Year BA or BS/ Masters of Education Degree; 5-Year BA/BS Program in Liberal Arts & Engineering; 5-Year BS/BS in Bioenviromental Engineering; 5-year accelerated BA-MBA with Rutgers Business School; 8-Year Bachelor/Medical Dual Degree Program with UMDNJ; BA or BS in Science Discipline/MBA; BA/ MLER (School of Management and Labor Relations); BA/M.C.R.P., M.P.H. or M.P.P; BA/Masters of Communitcations and Information Studies; BS in Business Discipline/MBA; BS/Master of Business and Science (MBS); Baccalareate in Business major/Master of Human Resource Management; Pharm.D./MBA program with Rutgers Business School; Pharm.D./Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science; Pharm.D./Ph.D. in Toxicology (with UMDNJ)
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Writing in the disciplines N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A Learning communities N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	92%
4-year graduation rate	53

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data