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Public University

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

68 programs

57/100 avg Value Score

$23,519 /yr net cost

85% completion rate

All Programs Ranked by Value Score

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

$72,734 median salary$23,519/yr net cost2.4 yr break-even+142% vs. HS diploma

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

$72,418 median salary$23,519/yr net cost2.4 yr break-even+141% vs. HS diploma

Computer and Information Sciences, General

$69,934 median salary$23,519/yr net cost2.6 yr break-even+133% vs. HS diploma

Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

$70,205 median salary$23,519/yr net cost2.5 yr break-even+134% vs. HS diploma

Industrial Engineering

$70,511 median salary$23,519/yr net cost2.5 yr break-even+135% vs. HS diploma

Ceramic Sciences and Engineering

$68,045 median salary$23,519/yr net cost2.7 yr break-even+127% vs. HS diploma

Engineering Science

$65,903 median salary$23,519/yr net cost2.8 yr break-even+120% vs. HS diploma

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

$64,276 median salary$23,519/yr net cost3 yr break-even+114% vs. HS diploma

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

$64,307 median salary$23,519/yr net cost3 yr break-even+114% vs. HS diploma

Civil Engineering

$62,988 median salary$23,519/yr net cost3.1 yr break-even+110% vs. HS diploma

Mechanical Engineering

$61,256 median salary$23,519/yr net cost3.3 yr break-even+104% vs. HS diploma

Finance and Financial Management Services

$60,547 median salary$23,519/yr net cost3.3 yr break-even+102% vs. HS diploma

Management Information Systems and Services

$59,197 median salary$23,519/yr net cost3.5 yr break-even+97% vs. HS diploma

Accounting and Related Services

$57,660 median salary$23,519/yr net cost3.7 yr break-even+92% vs. HS diploma

Chemical Engineering

$55,293 median salary$23,519/yr net cost4 yr break-even+84% vs. HS diploma

Biotechnology

$54,508 median salary$23,519/yr net cost4.2 yr break-even+82% vs. HS diploma

Statistics

$54,910 median salary$23,519/yr net cost4.1 yr break-even+83% vs. HS diploma

Business Administration, Management and Operations

$54,501 median salary$23,519/yr net cost4.2 yr break-even+82% vs. HS diploma

Food Science and Technology

$54,002 median salary$23,519/yr net cost4.2 yr break-even+80% vs. HS diploma

Information Science/Studies

$50,779 median salary$23,519/yr net cost4.9 yr break-even+69% vs. HS diploma

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

$50,335 median salary$23,519/yr net cost5 yr break-even+68% vs. HS diploma

Economics

$49,765 median salary$23,519/yr net cost5.2 yr break-even+66% vs. HS diploma

Education, General

$47,814 median salary$23,519/yr net cost5.7 yr break-even+59% vs. HS diploma

Human Resources Management and Services

$45,522 median salary$23,519/yr net cost6.6 yr break-even+52% vs. HS diploma

Health and Medical Administrative Services

$44,904 median salary$23,519/yr net cost6.8 yr break-even+50% vs. HS diploma

Marketing

$44,902 median salary$23,519/yr net cost6.8 yr break-even+50% vs. HS diploma

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

$41,773 median salary$23,519/yr net cost8.7 yr break-even+39% vs. HS diploma

Communication and Media Studies

$41,337 median salary$23,519/yr net cost9 yr break-even+38% vs. HS diploma

Mathematics

$41,095 median salary$23,519/yr net cost9.2 yr break-even+37% vs. HS diploma

Social Sciences, Other

$40,085 median salary$23,519/yr net cost10.1 yr break-even+34% vs. HS diploma

Landscape Architecture

$38,244 median salary$23,519/yr net cost12.4 yr break-even+27% vs. HS diploma

Public Health

$37,953 median salary$23,519/yr net cost12.8 yr break-even+27% vs. HS diploma

Chemistry

$37,146 median salary$23,519/yr net cost14.3 yr break-even+24% vs. HS diploma

Urban Studies/Affairs

$37,195 median salary$23,519/yr net cost14.2 yr break-even+24% vs. HS diploma

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

$37,070 median salary$23,519/yr net cost14.4 yr break-even+24% vs. HS diploma

Physics

$36,245 median salary$23,519/yr net cost16.3 yr break-even+21% vs. HS diploma

Social Work

$35,836 median salary$23,519/yr net cost17.5 yr break-even+19% vs. HS diploma

Criminal Justice and Corrections

$33,861 median salary$23,519/yr net cost26.4 yr break-even+13% vs. HS diploma

Political Science and Government

$33,744 median salary$23,519/yr net cost27.2 yr break-even+12% vs. HS diploma

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

$33,500 median salary$23,519/yr net cost29.1 yr break-even+12% vs. HS diploma

Journalism

$33,205 median salary$23,519/yr net cost31.8 yr break-even+11% vs. HS diploma

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

$33,020 median salary$23,519/yr net cost33.7 yr break-even+10% vs. HS diploma

Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other

$33,108 median salary$23,519/yr net cost32.8 yr break-even+10% vs. HS diploma

Nutrition Sciences

$32,168 median salary$23,519/yr net cost47 yr break-even+7% vs. HS diploma

Research and Experimental Psychology

$32,569 median salary$23,519/yr net cost39.7 yr break-even+9% vs. HS diploma

Geography and Cartography

$30,929 median salary$23,519/yr net cost109.7 yr break-even+3% vs. HS diploma

Sociology

$30,843 median salary$23,519/yr net cost120.9 yr break-even+3% vs. HS diploma

Genetics

$30,538 median salary$23,519/yr net cost189.4 yr break-even+2% vs. HS diploma

History

$30,125 median salary$23,519/yr net cost815.3 yr break-even+0% vs. HS diploma

Psychology, General

$29,963 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+0% vs. HS diploma

English Language and Literature, General

$28,762 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-4% vs. HS diploma

Fine and Studio Arts

$29,120 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-3% vs. HS diploma

Animal Sciences

$27,528 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-8% vs. HS diploma

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

$27,560 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-8% vs. HS diploma

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology

$27,092 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-10% vs. HS diploma

Natural Resources Management and Policy

$25,943 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-14% vs. HS diploma

Biology, General

$26,120 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-13% vs. HS diploma

Health and Physical Education/Fitness

$25,716 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-14% vs. HS diploma

Philosophy

$25,760 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-14% vs. HS diploma

Music

$26,349 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-12% vs. HS diploma

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services

$25,304 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-16% vs. HS diploma

Area Studies

$24,706 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-18% vs. HS diploma

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

$23,314 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-22% vs. HS diploma

Anthropology

$23,594 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-21% vs. HS diploma

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

$22,293 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-26% vs. HS diploma

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

$20,988 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-30% vs. HS diploma

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

$21,104 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-30% vs. HS diploma

Dance

$20,229 median salary$23,519/yr net cost+-33% vs. HS diploma

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Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Programs ranked by Value Score (composite of earnings, cost, break-even time, and completion rate). Bachelor's degree programs only.