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Rutgers University - College of Pharmacy

Rutgers University - College of Pharmacy


Official telephone: (732) 932-1766
Website: www.rutgers.edu
Screen last updated on: September 2007
STUDENT PROFILE
Full-time undergraduates: 317 men, 533 women
Part-time undergraduates: 7 men, 3 women
Full-time graduate students: 45 men, 101 women
Part-time graduate students: 11 men, 16 women
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 20
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Northeast, Middle Atlantic
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 16%
First-year student breakdown:
6.8% Black (non-Hispanic)
48.2% Asian or Pacific Islander
6.8% Hispanic
29.3% White (non-Hispanic)
4.7% total international (nonresident aliens)
4.2% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown
Undergraduate breakdown:
5.8% Black (non-Hispanic)
45.2% Asian or Pacific Islander
6.3% Hispanic
34.1% White (non-Hispanic)
2.3% total international (nonresident aliens)
6.3% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 2,695 acres
City or town school is located in: New Brunswick
Population of city/town: 41,711
Locations of branch/satellite campuses: Newark, Camden.
Nearest major city: Newark
Population of nearest major city: 275,221
Online campus map: pharmacy.rutgers.edu/
Directions/map.htm

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • sorority housing
  • fraternity housing
  • single-student apartments
  • special housing for disabled students
  • other housing including Freshman and transfer dormitories. Math/science house for women. Language and cultural houses. Substance-free/wellness house.
Students required to live on campus: Students may live on or off campus.
Student conduct policies:
class attendance mandatory, hazing prohibited
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1450
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Agricultural, art, and geology museums, cancer research lab, controlled drug delivery research center, pharmaceutical manufacturing lab.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Remedial learning services:
reading, writing, math, study skills
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, day care, health insurance, Learning Resources Center.
Counseling services:
minority student, military, veteran student, older student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special transportation, special housing, adaptive equipment, texts on tape.
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: mostly

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 25
Number of fraternities that have chapter houses: 18
Number of social sororities on campus: 15
Number of sororities that have chapter houses: 5
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station
School newspaper(s): Daily Targum
Apothecary News
Number of honor societies: 3
Total number of registered organizations: 400
Campus-based religious organizations:
Bahai Club, B'nai B'rith Hillel, Campus Crusade for Christ, Chinese Christian Fellowship, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Islamic Society and Friends, Jewish University Students Together, Korean Christian Fellowship, Meditation Club, New Hope Church, University Christian Outreach, numerous other religious groups
Minority student organizations:
Blacks United to Save Themselves, Black Voices/Carta Boricua, Black Women's Association, El Circulo Hispanica, Minority Affairs Committee, Minority Mentor Club, Minority Science Association, NAACP, Native American organization, Paul Robeson Club, numerous other minority student groups
International student organizations:
International Student Association, African, Arab, Armenian, Asian, Chinese, Filipino, French, Haitian, Indian, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American, Pakistani, Polish, Portuguese/Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and West Indian groups, numerous other international student groups
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
choral groups, concert, jazz, marching, and pep bands, opera, symphony orchestra, music theatre, dance group, drama/theatre, Academy of Students of Pharmacy, numerous academic, cultural, professional, recreational, service, and special-interest groups

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Robert Mulcahy,
Athletic Director
Athletic department's mailing address: Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning
James Burkley
Rutgers University
85 Somerset Street, Geology Hall First Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1281
School colors: scarlet
School mascot: Scarlet Knight
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division I, Big East Conference, ECAC

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Men's cheerleadingno 
Men's crewyesEARC, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-countryyesNCAA Div. I
Men's divingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's fencingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's footballyesNCAA Div. I-A
Men's golfyesNCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyesNCAA Div. I
Men's socceryesNCAA Div. I
Men's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyesNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (indoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (outdoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyesEIWA, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleadingno 
Women's crewyesEWARC, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-countryyesNCAA Div. I
Women's divingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's fencingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyesNCAA Div. I
Women's golfyesNCAA Div. I
Women's gymnasticsyesNCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyesNCAA Div. I
Women's socceryesNCAA Div. I
Women's softballyesNCAA Div. I
Women's swimmingyesNCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyesNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (indoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (outdoor)yesNCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyesNCAA Div. I
Athletic facilities:
gymnasiums, athletic fields, indoor practice bubble, golf course, tennis courts, swimming pools, recreation centers, stadium
Intramural/Recreational sports:
aerobics, basketball, body building, bowling, floor hockey, flag football, golf, racquetball, soccer, table tennis, tennis, touch football, triathlon, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, walleyball, wrestling
Club sports for men:
aerobics, badminton, equestrian sports, field hockey, football, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, martial arts, modern dance, mountain biking, outdoors, racquetball, rangers, rugby, sailing, scuba, skiing, squash, synchronized swimming, table tennis, volleyball, water polo
Club sports for women:
aerobics, badminton, equestrian sports, field hockey, football, gymnastics, lacrosse, martial arts, modern dance, mountain biking, outdoors, racquetball, rangers, rugby, sailing, scuba, skiing, squash, synchronized swimming, table tennis, volleyball, water polo

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Newark (20 miles)
Nearest other airport: New York City (33 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: New Brunswick (near campus)
Nearest passenger bus service: New Brunswick (near campus)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: 10%
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: good
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:
U of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers U.
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
Hoffman LaRoche, Merck, Ciba-Geigy, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers, Squibb.
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Dr. Janet Engle, associate dean, U of Chicago Sch of Pharmacy
  • Barbara L. Malzone, director of Pharmacy Affairs, Roche Laboratories
  • Bernanrd Marcus, founder, Home Depot
  • Dr. Ernest Mario, chairperson/CEO, ALZA Corp.