| Screen last updated on: September 2007 |
| Full-time undergraduates: |
2,890 women |
| Part-time undergraduates: |
174 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: |
6% |
| First-year student breakdown: |
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| 14.5% | Black (non-Hispanic) |
| 0.3% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 17.2% | Asian or Pacific Islander |
| 6.6% | Hispanic |
| 54.9% | White (non-Hispanic) |
| 1.5% | total international (nonresident aliens) |
| 5.1% | race/ethnicity unreported/unknown |
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| Undergraduate breakdown: |
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| 12.5% | Black (non-Hispanic) |
| 0.3% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 14.4% | Asian or Pacific Islander |
| 7.7% | Hispanic |
| 56.0% | White (non-Hispanic) |
| 1.3% | total international (nonresident aliens) |
| 7.8% | race/ethnicity unreported/unknown |
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| 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 |
| Distance of nearest major city: |
20 miles |
| Population of nearest major city: |
275,221 |
| Online campus map: |
www.kiosk.rutgers.edu/
Topology/CookDouglass/ |
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| Institution offers housing: |
yes |
| Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: |
yes |
| Housing types (% in housing type, if given): |
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- women's dorms
- sorority housing
- single-student apartments
- special housing for disabled students
- other housing including Language and cultural houses. Math/sciences/engineering house. Cooperative community house for single mothers.
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| Students required to live on campus: |
Students may live on or off campus. |
| Student conduct policies: |
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class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited |
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| Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: |
yes |
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| 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: |
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Agricultural, art, and geology museums, theatres, concert halls, center for global issues and women's leadership, center for the American woman and politics, center for women and work, center for the culture and politics and democracy, institute for research on women, institute of politics. |
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| Remedial learning services: |
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reading, writing, math, study skills |
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| Additional services offered: |
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nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, day care, health insurance, Learning Resources Center. |
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| Counseling services: |
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minority student, military, veteran student, older student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious |
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| Career placement services: |
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internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, alumni network, computerized guidance system, credentials file service, JOBTRAK. |
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| Services for students with disabilities: |
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note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special transportation, special housing, adaptive equipment, texts on tape; other services provided on an individual basis. |
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| Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: |
mostly |
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| Number of social fraternities on campus: |
0 |
| Number of social sororities on campus: |
15 |
| Number of sororities that have chapter houses: |
5 |
| Percent of women who join sororities: |
5% |
| Student activities: |
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student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station |
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| School newspaper(s): |
Daily Targum
Caellian |
| Number of honor societies: |
1 |
| Total number of registered organizations: |
400 |
| Campus-based religious organizations: |
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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 |
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| Minority student organizations: |
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Blacks United to Save Themselves, Black Voice/Carta Boricua, Black Women's Association, Douglass Black Student Congress, El Circulo Hispanica, Minority Affairs Committee, Minority Mentor Club, minority engineering and science groups, NAACP, Native American Organization, Paul Robeson Club, numerous other minority student groups |
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| International student organizations: |
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International Student Association, African, Armenian, Asian, Chinese, Filipino, French, Greek, Haitian, Indian, Iranian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American, Pakistani, Polish, Portuguese/Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and West Indian groups, numerous other international student groups |
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| Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees: |
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choral groups, music ensembles, opera, orchestra, concert, jazz, marching, and pep bands, dance group, drama/theatre, film society, activities board, Feminist Collective, numerous academic, cultural, professional, recreational, service, and special-interest groups |
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| 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. |
| Women's basketball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's cheerleading | yes | |
| Women's crew | yes | EWARC, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's cross-country | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's diving | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's fencing | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's field hockey | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's golf | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's gymnastics | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's lacrosse | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's soccer | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's softball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's swimming | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's tennis | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's track and field (indoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's track and field (outdoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's volleyball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
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| Athletic facilities: |
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gymnasiums, athletic fields, indoor practice bubble, golf course, frisbee disc golf course, exercise par, tennis, and platform tennis courts, swimming pools, recreation centers, stadium, roller blading rink, horseshoe pits |
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| Intramural/Recreational sports: |
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Aikido, badminton, ballroom dance, basketball, billiards, bowling, cross-country, darts, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, foosball, footbag, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, msoa, racquetball, rugby, sailing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, table tennis, tae kwon do, tang soo do, tennis, terrapin trail, tongil moo do, track and field, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, water polo, weight lifting |
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| Club sports for women: |
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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 |
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| Public transportation serves campus: |
yes |
| Nearest international airport: |
Newark (20 miles) |
| Nearest passenger train service: |
New Brunswick (near campus) |
| Nearest passenger bus service: |
New Brunswick (near campus) |
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| Institutional employment is available: |
yes |
| Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: |
20% |
| Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: |
good |
| Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: |
no |
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| List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates: |
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Georgetown U, U of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New York U, Rutgers U. |
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| List of firms that most frequently hire graduates: |
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Deloitte & Touche, Prudential, Merck, KPMG Peat Marwick, Bloomingdale's, Salomon Brothers, J.P. Morgan. |
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| List of most prominent alumni/ae: |
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- Annette Brafman Meyers and Judith Viorst, authors
- Cheryl Washington, news anchor
- Alice Aycock, artist/sculptor.
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