Summary
The student-faculty ratio at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark is 10:1, and the school has 29.3 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark include: Accounting; Criminal Justice/Safety Studies; Finance, General; Psychology, General; and Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 85.8 percent.
Faculty & Classes
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Majors
| Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates | |||||||||||
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Academic Programs & Offerings
| Degrees offered | Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate - research/scholarship | ||
| Combined-degree programs | 5-year BA/MBA Program with Rutgers Business School; BA in Business/Master of Human Resource Management with the School of Management and Labor Relations; BA in Chemistry/MS in Chemistry; BA in Economics/MA in Economics; BA in Finance/Master of Quantitative Finance; BA in History, Sociology or Anthropology/MA in Jazz History & Research; BA in History/MA in History; BA in Political Science, Sociology or Anthropology/MS in Global Affairs; BA in Political Science/MA in Political Science; BA or BS in Science Discipline/MBA; BA/MA in Criminal Justice with the School of Criminal Justice; BA/MPA with the School of Public Affairs and Administration; BA/Masters Program with the College of Nursing; BS in Accounting/MBA in Professional Accounting; BS in Accounting/Master of Accountancy (Governmental Acct or Financial Accounting); BS in Business Discipline/MBA; BS in Computer Science or Information Science/ Master of Information Technology; BS in Environmental Sciences/MS in Environmental Geology; BS in Nursing/MS in Nursing; BS/Master of Business and Science (MBS); Cooperative BA/Masters Program with School of Engineering; Pharm.D./MBA program with Rutgers Business School | ||
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Graduation & Retention
| Average freshman retention rate | 86% |
| 4-year graduation rate | 36 |
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* Academic Life details based on 2011 data
