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Some Interesting Facts About Rutgers:
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More than 300,000 graduates have earned Rutgers degrees over the years, including such notables as scholar, athlete, and entertainer Paul Robeson; band leader and TV personality Ozzie Nelson; sports legend Sonny Werblin; Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman; NBA Commissioner David Stern; awardwinning actress Calista Flockhart; and James Gandolfini, actor |
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Chartered in 1766 as Queen's College
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Old Queens, located on the New Brunswick campus, was once the sole building of academic instruction for Rutgers College, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and the Rutgers Grammar School
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Eighth oldest college in the nation
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Named New Jersey's land-grant college in 1864
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Designated the State University of New Jersey by legislative acts in 1945 and 1956
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Member of the Association of American Universities, the 62 leading research universities in North America
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Made up of 29 degree-granting schools and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs of study
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Located on three regional campuses in Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick/Piscataway, in the center of the Washington/Boston corridor between Philadelphia and New York
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The Camden campus became a part of Rutgers in 1950. It is located just across the Delaware River from center-city Philadelphia and provides a vital educational center for South Jersey for approximately 5,400 students
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The Newark campus became a part of Rutgers in 1946. As a former razor blade factory and brewery, this prestigious campus now serves over 9,000 students and spreads across 35 acres
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The New Brunswick-Piscataway communities are home to over 33,000 students. It is also home to Rutgers College, the universitys oldest and largest undergraduate unit. Also housed on this campus are Cook, Douglass, and Livingston colleges, which are also residential colleges
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The university enrolls a total of 48,000 students, 13,500 of whom are graduate and graduate - professional students
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Rutgers employs more than 9,000 faculty and staff |
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