Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Rutgers-Newark

At Rutgers University-Newark, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.15%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Rutgers University-Newark than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.09%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Rutgers-Newark applicants increased by 19.04% (2,844 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.15%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.00% at Rutgers University-Newark. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.40% and women students' rate is 69.69%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Rutgers University-Newark than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.01%	57.65%	51.15%
2014-15	62.75% 8.74%	60.55% 2.90%	64.73% 13.58%
2015-16	64.65% 1.90%	62.61% 2.06%	66.38% 1.64%
2016-17	65.31% 0.66%	63.51% 0.91%	66.84% 0.46%
2017-18	64.24% -1.07%	61.75% -1.76%	66.33% -0.51%
2018-19	62.74% -1.50%	60.05% -1.70%	64.92% -1.41%
2019-20	71.90% 9.16%	70.26% 10.21%	73.20% 8.28%
2020-21	74.09% 2.20%	71.87% 1.61%	75.86% 2.66%
2021-22	77.00% 2.91%	75.01% 3.13%	80.00% 4.14%
2022-23	73.94% -3.06%	70.08% -4.93%	77.13% -2.87%
2023-24	79.00% 5.06%	77.00% 6.92%	80.00% 2.87%
Average	68.15%	66.40%	69.69%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.09% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14.74%	15.74%	13.85%
2014-15	16.67% 1.94%	16.94% 1.20%	16.45% 2.60%
2015-16	15.94% -0.74%	16.91% -0.03%	15.17% -1.29%
2016-17	15.73% -0.21%	16.12% -0.78%	15.41% 0.24%
2017-18	15.35% -0.38%	15.99% -0.13%	14.85% -0.55%
2018-19	15.94% 0.59%	17.39% 1.39%	14.85% 0.00%
2019-20	14.20% -1.74%	14.52% -2.87%	13.96% -0.90%
2020-21	13.20% -1.00%	14.24% -0.28%	12.42% -1.54%
2021-22	12.00% -1.20%	13.00% -1.24%	10.00% -2.42%
2022-23	11.22% -0.78%	12.38% -0.62%	10.35% 0.36%
2023-24	10.00% -1.22%	11.00% -1.38%	9.01% -1.34%
Average	14.09%	14.93%	13.30%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,586, the average number of admitted is 9,344, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,276.

The number of Rutgers-Newark applicants increased by 19.04% (2,844 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	13,282	7,173	1,057
2014-15	10,332 -22.21%	6,483 -9.62%	1,081 2.27%
2015-16	11,646 12.72%	7,529 16.13%	1,200 11.01%
2016-17	13,085 12.36%	8,546 13.51%	1,344 12.00%
2017-18	13,435 2.67%	8,631 0.99%	1,325 -1.41%
2018-19	13,259 -1.31%	8,319 -3.61%	1,326 0.08%
2019-20	13,732 3.57%	9,873 18.68%	1,402 5.73%
2020-21	13,506 -1.65%	10,007 1.36%	1,321 -5.78%
2021-22	14,456 7.03%	11,131 11.23%	1,336 1.14%
2022-23	14,935 3.31%	11,043 -0.79%	1,239 -7.26%
2023-24	17,779 19.04%	14,045 27.18%	1,405 13.40%
Average	13,586	9,344	1,276

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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