Rutgers University-Newark does not consider test score (SAT and ACT scores) in admissions, even if applicants submitted it. Therefore, current year score is not available, but here we track the past test scores for reference.
SAT Scores Over Time
The 2024 SAT score is at Rutgers-Newark. Over the past 10 years, the average SAT score is 981 (25th percentile) and 1169 (75th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are relatively competitive and high (above the national average) at Rutgers-Newark.
The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Rutgers University-Newark since 2013.
*SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing replaces SAT critical reading and writing since year 2017.
**The SAT Writing score is excluded from the total scores for year from 2011 to 2016.
ACT Scores Over Time
The 2024 ACT score is at Rutgers-Newark. Over the past 10 years, the average ACT score of the last 10 years is 19 (25th percentile) and 25 (75th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are around national average at Rutgers-Newark.
The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Rutgers University-Newark since 2013.
| Year | Composite | English | Math |
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| 25th | 50th | 75th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 25th | 50th | 75th |
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| 2018-19 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 25 |
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| 2019-20 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 24 |
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| 2020-21 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 24 |
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| 2021-22 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 27 |
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| Average | 19 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
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Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges
The following table compares SAT score changes from last year between Rutgers University-Newark and similar schools.