Editing Rutgers University (section)

==== Undergraduate ====

{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2021
|admit rate        = 68.2
|admit rate change = +11.3
|yield rate        = 24.2
|yield rate change = -6.8
|test optional   = yes
|SAT Total         = 1240-1470<br />(among 45% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 27-33<br />(among 7% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        = 
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2021/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2021-2022_Final%20V1.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2021–2022 |publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-11-17 }}</ref>
}}

''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' considers the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University to be a "more selective" school in terms of the rigor of its admissions processes.<ref>[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/6964 America's Best Colleges 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217222822/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/6964 |date=February 17, 2009 }} from ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved November 18, 2008.</ref> For the Class of 2025 (enrolling fall 2021), the New Brunswick campus received 43,161 applications and accepted 29,419 (68.2%).<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> The number enrolling was 7,105; the yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who enroll) was 24.2%.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> The freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 94%, with 83.8% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

Of the 45% of the incoming freshman class who submitted [[SAT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1240-1470.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> Of the 7% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 27 and 33.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey is a college-sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 21 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 29 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>

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|+ '''Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics'''
<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2020/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2020-2021.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2020-2021|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2019/New%20Brunswick%20CDS__2019-2020.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2019-2020|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2018/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2018-2019.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2018-2019|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2017/New%20Brunswick%20CDS_2017-2018.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2017-2018|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oirap.rutgers.edu/CDS/2016/New%20BrunswickRegion16.pdf |title=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick Campus College Common Data Set 2016-2017|publisher=Rutgers University |access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>
|-
! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 43,161 || 41,263 || 41,286 || 41,348 || 38,384 || 36,677
|-
! Admits
| 29,419 || 27,618 || 25,277 || 24,854 || 22,186 || 20,884
|-
! Admit rate
| 68.2 || 66.9 || 61.2 || 60.1 || 57.8 || 56.9 
|-
! Enrolled
| 7,105 || 6,551 || 7,315 || 7,036 || 6,268 || 6,466
|-
! Yield rate
| 24.2 || 23.7 || 28.9 || 28.3 || 28.3 || 31.0
|-
! ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small>
| 27-33<br /><small>(7%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 25-32<br /><small>(18%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 25-32<br /><small>(18%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 25-31<br /><small>(25%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}} || {{sdash}}
|- 
! SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small>
| 1240-1470<br /><small>(45%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1180-1410<br /><small>(90%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1210-1430<br /><small>(90%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1190-1410<br /><small>(87%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1190-1400<br /><small>(81%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}}
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}

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