Rutgers University-New Brunswick Student Population and Demographics

Rutgers Student Population

There are 52,269 students including 37,985 undergraduate and 14,284 graduate students at Rutgers University-New Brunswick for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 45,551 full-time and 6,718 part-time students with gender distribution of 24,032 male and 28,237 female students.

Rutgers University-New Brunswick is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,953 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Rutgers University-New Brunswick has a total enrollment of 52,269 with a gender distribution of 45.98% male (24,032 students) and 54.02% female (28,237 students). There are 18,928 male and 19,057 female students in undergraduate school and 5,104 male and 9,180 female students are attending graduate school at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Student Population By Gender
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
	Total	Men	Women
Total	52,269	24,032	28,237
Undergraduate	37,985	18,928	19,057
Graduate	14,284	5,104	9,180
Full-time	45,551	21,659	23,892
Part-time	6,718	2,373	4,345

[Chart] Rutgers University-New Brunswick 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Rutgers University-New Brunswick has 45,551 full-time and 6,718 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 36,609 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,376 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 8,942 students are full-time and 5,342 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	52,269	45,551	6,718
Undergraduate	37,985	36,609	1,376
Graduate	14,284	8,942	5,342
Men	24,032	21,659	2,373
Women	28,237	23,892	4,345

[Chart] Rutgers University-New Brunswick Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 3,953 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 21,737 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 52,269 students.

In undergraduate schools, 19,864 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 5,826 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	52,269	37,985	14,284
Online Exclusively	3,953	611	3,342
In Some Online Classes	21,737	19,253	2,484
Not In Online Classes	26,579	18,121	8,458

[Chart] Rutgers University-New Brunswick Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. There are 34 American Indian/Native American, 16,505 White, 4,183 Black/African American, 15,175 Asian, 7,967 Hispanic, 30 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,432 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
	Total	Men	Women
Total	52,269	24,032	28,237
American Indian/Native American	34	14	20
Asian	15,175	7,426	7,749
Black/African American	4,183	1,444	2,739
Hispanic	7,967	3,148	4,819
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	19	11
White	16,505	7,565	8,940
Two More	1,771	824	947
Race Un-Known	1,318	608	710

[Chart] Rutgers University-New BrunswickRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Age Distribution
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	52,269	37,985	14,284
Under 18	113	113	0
Age 18-19	13,951	13,951	0
Age 20-21	16,700	16,577	123
Age 22-24	9,884	5,598	4,286
Age 25-29	6,114	1,107	5,007
Age 30-34	2,504	306	2,198
Age 35-39	1,159	139	1,020
Age 40-49	1,229	129	1,100
Age 50-64	581	60	521
Over 64	34	5	29
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Rutgers University-New Brunswick 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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