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Business & finance at Rutgers

Rutgers graduates about 1,791 business & finance majors a year, 21% of its graduating class. That puts it 25th of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $93,000 four years out, 1.22× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#25 of 650 for business & finance →
Graduates a year1,79121% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$93,0001.22× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate58%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1480whole school

Around Rutgers

The Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, also known as the College Avenue Co
Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
View of the steeple of the Second Reformed Church, also known as the College Ave
Steeple, Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick Theological Seminary (55143271800)Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0 · source
Two bicycles sit in the foreground of a misty morning at Rutgers University, New
Early Morning Bikes in the FogPhoto: Askarion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where business & finance happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 56 · Dorm 13 · Chapel 3 · Dining 3 · Library 2 · Athletics 1.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. University of San Diego 88
  2. George Washington University 88
  3. University of Georgia 87
  4. The Ohio State University 87
  5. Virginia Tech 87
  6. University of Iowa 87
  7. University of Delaware 87
  8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 87

Other strong majors at Rutgers

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rutgers with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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