Rutgers Facts at a Glance
| Founded: | 1766 | |
| Campuses: | New Brunswick/Piscataway, Newark, Camden | |
| Degree-Granting Units: | 29 | |
| Majors: | More than 100 distinct bachelor’s, 100 master’s, and 80 doctoral and professional degree programs | |
| Enrollment: (2002-2003) |
Total – 51,480 (2002-2003) Undergraduate - 38,576 Graduate - 12,904 |
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| Students: | 86 percent are from New Jersey 73 percent rank in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class Approximately 10,000 graduates per year |
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| Student Life: | 350 student organizations 52 NCAA Division I and III varsity sports teams |
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| Class size: | Student/faculty ratio is 14-to-1 60 percent of classes have fewer than 30 students |
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| Faculty: | 2,588 full-time 99 percent of Rutgers faculty hold the highest degree in their field Nearly three dozen Rutgers faculty members hold memberships in the National Academies (Academy of Arts and Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Academy of Engineering and Academy of Science) |
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| Research: | More than 150 specialized centers and institutes More than $242 million in grants in FY 2002 Since 1990: 1,201 inventions, 269 U.S. patents, 168 foreign patents |
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| Facilities: | 5,918 acres of land 945 buildings 29 separate libraries, learning centers and reading rooms More than 100 specialized research centers and institutes |
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| Interesting Facts: | • | Rutgers is the eighth-oldest U.S. institution of higher education. |
| • | Rutgers is one of only 62 members of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Rutgers and Princeton are the only AAU institutions in the state. | |
| • | Fall 2002 enrollment was the largest in Rutgers’ history, with a total of 51,480 students. The demand for a Rutgers education has never been higher. The total number of applications has increased 35 percent over the last 10 years. | |
| • | Minority enrollment accounted for 34 percent of the total enrollment in fall 2002. | |
| • | For six consecutive years, Rutgers-Newark has been declared the most diverse institution among all public and private universities by U.S. News & World Report. | |
| • | Rutgers’ library system ranks among the top university research libraries in the nation. | |
| • | Annual sponsored research has grown from $92.8 million in 1990 to $242.4 million in 2002. | |
| • | Rutgers has been involved in 45 start-up companies, including 33 in New Jersey. There are some 400 technologies available for licensing from Rutgers. | |
| • | Rutgers channels more than $2 billion annually into the state’s economy through direct and indirect spending, more than five times the state’s investment in the university. | |
| • | Students have contributed more than 678,000 hours of community service through the Rutgers Citizenship and Service Education program since 1989, a minimum wage value of $3.75 million. | |
| • | Rutgers has 320,000 living alumni, 184,000 of whom reside in New Jersey | |