College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ · Public · Bachelor-granting · 37,751 undergrads · 58% admitted

Do students finish?

84% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$36,993/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$147,972 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$74,479 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $49,127 median $74,479 75th pct $107,416

83% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

68 Bachelor's programs · $20,229 to $72,734 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $72,734 $24,952

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.Bachelor's $72,418 $21,500

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $70,511 $26,855

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $70,205 $23,000

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $69,934 $20,904

Ceramic Sciences and Engineering.Bachelor's $68,045 $23,375

Engineering Science.Bachelor's $65,903 $23,985

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $64,307 $15,334

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $64,276 $17,547

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $62,988 $25,880

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $61,256 $21,847

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $60,547 $20,620

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $59,197 $19,582

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $57,660 $21,500

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $55,293 $21,500

Statistics.Bachelor's $54,910 $22,903

Biotechnology.Bachelor's $54,508 $21,500

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $54,501 $21,250

Food Science and Technology.Bachelor's $54,002 $26,754

Information Science/Studies.Bachelor's $50,779 $23,500

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $50,335 $23,745

Economics.Bachelor's $49,765 $22,750

Education, General.Bachelor's $47,814 —

Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $45,522 $23,000

Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $44,904 $20,375

Marketing.Bachelor's $44,902 $19,500

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $41,773 $21,500

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $41,337 $21,500

Mathematics.Bachelor's $41,095 $20,500

Social Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $40,085 $24,788

Landscape Architecture.Bachelor's $38,244 $27,000

Public Health.Bachelor's $37,953 $24,000

Urban Studies/Affairs.Bachelor's $37,195 $24,250

Chemistry.Bachelor's $37,146 $19,250

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $37,070 $23,250

Physics.Bachelor's $36,245 $23,971

Social Work.Bachelor's $35,836 $22,692

Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $33,861 $19,750

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $33,744 $21,500

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $33,500 $23,000

Journalism.Bachelor's $33,205 $23,000

Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other.Bachelor's $33,108 $26,500

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.Bachelor's $33,020 $23,250

Research and Experimental Psychology.Bachelor's $32,569 —

Nutrition Sciences.Bachelor's $32,168 $23,124

Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $30,929 —

Sociology.Bachelor's $30,843 $21,500

Genetics.Bachelor's $30,538 $26,608

History.Bachelor's $30,125 $19,500

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $29,963 $22,250

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $29,120 $22,500

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $28,762 $21,500

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $27,560 $20,750

Animal Sciences.Bachelor's $27,528 $24,250

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.Bachelor's $27,092 $25,750

Music.Bachelor's $26,349 $25,492

Biology, General.Bachelor's $26,120 $23,000

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy.Bachelor's $25,943 $23,067

Philosophy.Bachelor's $25,760 $21,625

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $25,716 $24,838

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $25,304 $22,345

Area Studies.Bachelor's $24,706 $22,015

Anthropology.Bachelor's $23,594 $25,154

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.Bachelor's $23,314 $26,000

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $22,293 $21,000

Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $21,104 $23,250

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences.Bachelor's $20,988 $22,750

Dance.Bachelor's $20,229 $25,565

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$19,000

≈ 26% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (116 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website