Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Rutgers

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.89%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.03%, and the 2024 yield is 27.00%.

The number of Rutgers applicants increased by 4.06% (1,693 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.89%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.00% at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.45% and women students' rate is 62.33%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Rutgers University-New Brunswick over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.51%	57.68%	61.33%
2014-15	60.50% 0.98%	59.19% 1.51%	61.72% 0.39%
2015-16	58.45% -2.05%	58.06% -1.13%	58.81% -2.91%
2016-17	56.94% -1.51%	56.16% -1.90%	57.65% -1.17%
2017-18	57.80% 0.86%	57.98% 1.82%	57.64% -0.01%
2018-19	60.11% 2.31%	60.49% 2.51%	59.78% 2.14%
2019-20	61.22% 1.11%	62.43% 1.94%	60.17% 0.38%
2020-21	66.93% 5.71%	68.18% 5.75%	65.83% 5.67%
2021-22	68.00% 1.07%	67.00% -1.18%	69.00% 3.17%
2022-23	66.29% -1.71%	64.75% -2.25%	67.63% -1.37%
2023-24	65.00% -1.29%	64.00% -0.75%	66.00% -1.63%
Average	61.89%	61.45%	62.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.03% where the current academic year yield is 27.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Rutgers University-New Brunswick from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.76%	36.76%	32.90%
2014-15	33.18% -1.58%	34.53% -2.23%	31.98% -0.92%
2015-16	31.98% -1.20%	33.29% -1.23%	30.79% -1.18%
2016-17	30.96% -1.02%	33.33% 0.04%	28.86% -1.93%
2017-18	28.25% -2.71%	30.17% -3.16%	26.57% -2.29%
2018-19	28.31% 0.06%	30.00% -0.17%	26.84% 0.27%
2019-20	28.94% 0.63%	31.23% 1.23%	26.85% 0.01%
2020-21	23.72% -5.22%	24.79% -6.44%	22.74% -4.11%
2021-22	24.00% 0.28%	26.00% 1.21%	22.00% -0.74%
2022-23	28.18% 4.18%	30.41% 4.41%	26.30% 4.30%
2023-24	27.00% -1.17%	28.00% -2.41%	26.00% -0.30%
Average	29.03%	30.77%	27.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 38,639, the average number of admitted is 24,015, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,857.

The number of Rutgers applicants increased by 4.06% (1,693 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Rutgers University-New Brunswick from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,631	18,230	6,337
2014-15	31,941 4.28%	19,324 6.00%	6,412 1.18%
2015-16	35,340 10.64%	20,657 6.90%	6,607 3.04%
2016-17	36,677 3.78%	20,884 1.10%	6,466 -2.13%
2017-18	38,384 4.65%	22,186 6.23%	6,268 -3.06%
2018-19	41,348 7.72%	24,854 12.03%	7,036 12.25%
2019-20	41,286 -0.15%	25,277 1.70%	7,315 3.97%
2020-21	41,263 -0.06%	27,618 9.26%	6,551 -10.44%
2021-22	43,161 4.60%	29,349 6.27%	7,044 7.53%
2022-23	41,654 -3.49%	27,612 -5.92%	7,780 10.45%
2023-24	43,347 4.06%	28,176 2.04%	7,608 -2.21%
Average	38,639	24,015	6,857

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Rutgers University-New Brunswick and similar schools.