Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is an academic, health, and research powerhouse—with campuses located in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden—and a statewide academic health leader.

What town is Rutgers?

Rutgers University (RU; /ˈrʌtɡərz/), officially known as Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen’s College.

Is Rutgers a black college?

Rutgers-Newark is one of the most diverse campuses in the country. The 7,700-undergraduate student body is 18 percent African-American, 24 percent Latino, 25 percent white and 21 percent Asian — including many students from India, Bangladesh and the Middle East.