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We Are Diverse

For Rutgers, the premier public research university in New Jersey, diversity is an everyday ingredient of university life and one of our greatest strengths. Rutgers’ diversity—and there are all kinds, from age to sexual orientation to ethnic background to whether you grew up on a farm or city block—reflects the rich array of people who choose New Jersey as the place to build a better future. At Rutgers, we know we all benefit when we live, learn, work, and just spend time with lots of different people. We also know the value of removing ourselves from the familiar, leaving our borders, and immersing ourselves in the new. Diversity at Rutgers embraces the notion that we must be global educators, researchers, students, citizens, and partners—transcending boundaries to meet the challenges of a complex and interdependent world.

 
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Veterans Welcome

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Rutgers is considered the nation’s third most welcoming university for veterans, according to the magazine Military Times EDGE. Learn more.

Top Programs in the Study of Culture and Diversity

Rutgers’ global affairs, African-American history, women’s and gender history, cultural history, and gender and literature programs are ranked among the top 10 in the nation. Students with an interest in these areas study with top scholars who advance the world’s knowledge in these fields.

Three Primary Diversity Resources

These clearinghouse resources are primary guides to diversity and global programs, initiatives, activities, and organizations at Rutgers.

Universitywide/Rutgers–New Brunswick: Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity

Rutgers–Newark: A Century of Leadership in Diversity

Rutgers–Camden: Campus Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity

The State of Diversity at Rutgers

DiversityInc. ranks Rutgers among the nation’s top 5 higher education institutions for commitment to diversity.

This year’s entering class of undergraduates is one of our largest ever, one of our most academically talented, and our most diverse; more than half of our first-year students identify themselves as nonwhite.

Fifty percent of undergraduates are women.

More than 3,300 international students from 125 countries come to Rutgers to study.

Race/ethnicity full-time enrollment statistics:

  • White: 47.1 percent
  • Asian: 19.8 percent
  • Latino: 11.4 percent
  • African American: 10 percent
  • Foreign: 6.2 percent
  • Other: 5.5 percent

Rutgers is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization comprising North America’s 62 leading research universities. Here is how Rutgers compared to its 34 public AAU peers in some key student and faculty diversity categories in 2010:

  • 2nd Baccalaureate degrees earned by African Americans
  • 1st Master’s degrees earned by African Americans
  • 2nd All degrees earned by African Americans
  • 2nd African-American enrollment
  • 7th Master’s degrees earned by women
  • 4th Full-time female faculty
  • 1st Doctorate degrees earned by women
  • 6th Total minority enrollment
  • 7th Asian enrollment
  • 14th Full-time African-American faculty
  • 11th Latino enrollment
  • 11th Baccalaureate degrees earned by Latinos
  • 15th Full-time minority faculty

More than 40 student organizations dedicated to religious and religious-cultural interests can be found at Rutgers.

Rutgers is listed as one of the nation’s top 100 campuses for the LGBT community in the Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students.

For the 15th consecutive year, our Newark Campus was ranked the nation’s most diverse by U.S. News & World Report.

A Commitment to Diversity and Global Education

A core goal at Rutgers is to prepare students to thrive in an increasingly diverse and global society. "Jersey Roots, Global Reach" is not just our slogan, it is also what we want for our students. Rutgers trains students to understand cultures, languages, regions, and economic influences beyond their own—in New Jersey and around the world.

Initiatives Advance Diversity

These programs and offices are universitywide efforts to increase diversity within the Rutgers community of students, faculty, and staff.

Rutgers Future Scholars

This program introduces first-generation, low-income, and academically talented middle school students from New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, and Camden to the promise and opportunities of a college education. Before beginning the eighth grade, participants become part of a unique precollege culture of university programming, events, support, and mentoring that continues through their high school years.

Those who successfully complete the precollege initiative and are admitted to Rutgers receive a scholarship covering the cost of their tuition for four years funded through grants and donations.