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Rutgers University - Newark 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has released it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and Rutgers University - Newark has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or continue on for details on how your school did in this year’s report.

This page was created to give you an overview of how Rutgers Newark fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

2025 Ranking Overview

Nationwide Ranking

Rutgers Newark is #164 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This puts it among the top 10% of schools in the U.S. for students!

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New Jersey Ranking

Rutgers Newark has been ranked #4 out of 45 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This puts Rutgers University - Newark in the top 10% of colleges and universities in the United States for students in the state of New Jersey! See the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking

This report features highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, Rutgers Newark has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41	506	91.9%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114	1,187	90.4%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20	371	94.6%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43	417	89.7%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71	1,150	93.8%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40	535	92.5%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54	694	92.2%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131	933	86.0%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115	816	85.9%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108	925	88.3%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64	502	87.3%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122	883	86.2%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114	597	80.9%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66	373	82.3%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110	558	80.3%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	1	19	94.7%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	16	87.5%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	95	90.5%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	3	54	94.4%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	18	88.9%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	19	84.2%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	9	74	87.8%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	7	94	92.6%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181	609	70.3%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	28	225	87.6%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	4	24	83.3%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	25	88.0%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	17	194	91.2%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	12	83.3%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	28	199	85.9%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	22	86.4%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	22	86.4%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	11	81.8%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	26	175	85.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	4	21	81.0%
Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37	129	71.3%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	9	77.8%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	16	134	88.1%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167	573	70.9%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	22	172	87.2%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	12	75.0%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	16	81.3%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	15	80.0%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	11	72.7%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	14	78.6%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132	416	68.3%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	14	87	83.9%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	27	173	84.4%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	13	76.9%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	4	15	73.3%
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	2	6	66.7%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	29	126	77.0%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	5	18	72.2%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	3	10	70.0%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	20	88	77.3%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	19	78	75.6%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey	4	12	66.7%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	43	144	70.1%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	24	78	69.2%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	24	78	69.2%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	38	123	69.1%

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