Is Rutgers University on your mind? Do you want to spend the next four years in New Brunswick? We wouldn’t blame you for having your sights set on Rutgers, which is one of the top research universities in the country and a destination for high performing students craving community and academic rigor. Among these applicants, those who really know what they’re doing apply to Rutgers via the Early Action round. Applying via this nonbinding Early admission round is like a bright green flag to admissions officers that you mean business and are willing to place Rutgers above all other schools in your admission journey.

And why would Rutgers admissions officials prize Early Action applicants? Because they’ve demonstrated their interest in attending. Yes, we said Demonstrated Interest. The thing admissions officers like to pretend they don’t track. Well, guess what? They very much do care whether their applicants have demonstrated their interest in attending, and they reward the applicants who do with heightened odds of admission.

Case in point: Early Action admits are admitted to Rutgers at a higher rate than Regular Decision applicants, and the proof is in the pudding. Well, not exactly (Rutgers should be more transparent with its admission statistics!), but Ivy Coach is willing to confidently speculate that this is the case.

Rutgers University Early Action Admission Statistics Over 15 Years

Unfortunately, Rutgers hasn’t been all that forthcoming regarding the Early Action acceptance rate. But even though we don’t have hard and fast evidence to support our assertion that the EA acceptance rate is higher than the Regular Decision acceptance rate, this is the case at all other elite colleges of Rutgers caliber, and we have no reason to believe that Rutgers is any different!

Admissions Cycle	Rutgers University Class Year	Early Action Admission Rate	Regular Decision Admission Rate
2025-2026	Class of 2030	Not Reported	Not Reported
2024-2025	Class of 2029	Not Reported	Not Reported
2023-2024	Class of 2028	Not Reported	59.73%
2022-2023	Class of 2027	Not Reported	65.3%
2021-2022	Class of 2026	Not Reported	66.3%
2020-2021	Class of 2025	Not Reported	68.2%
2019-2020	Class of 2024	Not Reported	59.7%
2018-2019	Class of 2023	Not Reported	61.2%
2017-2018	Class of 2022	Not Reported	60.1%
2016-2017	Class of 2021	Not Reported	57.8%
2015-2016	Class of 2020	Not Reported	56.9%
2014-2015	Class of 2019	Not Reported	58.5%
2013-2014	Class of 2018	Not Reported	60.5%
2012-2013	Class of 2017	Not Reported	59.5%
2011-2012	Class of 2016	Not Reported	60.9%

Breakdown of the Class of 2030 Early Decision Admits to Rutgers

Unfortunately, our prying eyes are left, well, prying, regarding the Early Action admits to the Class of 2030 (and all of the other EA cohorts, for that matter!). Whereas this data would normally be shared by Rutgers in a press release and eventually published in The Common Data Set, alas, no dice!

Ivy Coach’s Assistance Moving Forward for Deferred or Rejected Rutgers Applicants

If you’re a student who applied in an Early Action round to Rutgers University and were deferred or rejected for admission, you’ve already made the right call to turn to Ivy Coach. After some much-needed deep breathing, it’s incumbent upon you to make the most of this setback! Time is of the essence, so don’t be afraid to spring into action now.

Your first move? Contact Ivy Coach to schedule a complimentary consultation. For deferred candidates, we offer a PostMortem application review and assistance in crafting a powerful Letter of Continued Interest. For rejected candidates, we provide a PostMortem application review. We even will assist with your Regular Decision applications, but we can only make this pivot after we develop a thorough understanding of what went wrong during the EA round. After doing so, our team of former elite college admissions officers will put you in the best possible position to earn admission to an elite school in the RD round.