Rutgers University - New Brunswick
NJ · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · Top 50 tier · 39,272 undergraduates (large)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Admission rates
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
Testing
Testing policy
Superscoring
What this means:
- SAT
- Superscores
- ACT
- Superscores
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Test-optional. No SAT/ACT cross-combining. Rutgers–Newark does not superscore (BA/MD only).
How to send scores
Official scores required when you apply
Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.
School’s words: “All SAT and ACT scores must be sent directly from the testing agency to Rutgers. ... Unofficial test scores cannot be accepted.”
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
Rutgers' Fall 2026 admissions profile lists middle-50% combined SAT ranges for regularly admitted students, by school: Arts & Sciences 1380–1520, Business 1390–1510, Engineering 1400–1520, Environmental & Biological Sciences 1360–1500, Nursing 1320–1450, Pharmacy 1410–1520, Mason Gross (arts) 1320–1490. Rutgers does not publish one campus-wide range.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT composite, middle 50%
Not reported in any year shown.
ACT composite, middle 50%
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 25,277 | 61.2% | Not reported | 100% | 90% | 18% | ERW 590-680, Math 620-750 | 25-32 | |||
| 2020-21 | 27,618 | 66.9% | Not reported | 100% | 90% | 18% | ERW 580-680, Math 600-730 | 25-32 | |||
| 2021-22 | 29,419 | 68.2% | Not reported | 52% | 45% | 7% | ERW 610-710, Math 630-760 | 27-33 | |||
| 2022-23 | 27,612 | 66.3% | Not reported | 56% | 50% | 6% | ERW 630-720, Math 640-760 | 28-33 | |||
| 2023-24 | 28,326 | 65.3% | Not reported | 56.3% | 50.9% | 5.4% | ERW 630-720, Math 640-760 | 28-33 | |||
| 2024-25 | Common Data Set not found online | ||||||||||
| 2025-26 ↗ | 45,800 | 58.6% | Not reported | 54% | 49% | 5% | ERW 660-730, Math 660-760 | 29-34 | |||
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Recommended2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 CDS not available2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Recommended2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2024 Recommended2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
- Fall 2023 Recommended2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Recommended2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 45% submitted SAT and 7% ACT (2021-22 CDS).