Rutgers University - Newark College of Arts and Sciences Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 86% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 20% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 23% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 22% of our freshman graduate in five years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• accounting
• management
• psychology

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Three summer sessions of four to six weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in June.

• Deloitte and Touche, Price Waterhouse, Wal-Mart, Merck, Federal Reserve Bank.

• Martin Agronsky, news commentator; Lester Brown, president, World Watch; Rene Dubos, Pulitzer Prize-winning microbiologist; Louis Freeh, director, FBI; Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist; Terry Hart, astronaut; Sonia Johnson, feminist, author; Joyce Kilmer, poet; Ozzie Nelson, entertainer, bandleader; Hazel Rollins O'Leary, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy; Paul Robeson, entertainer, civil rights advocate; Peter Rodino, former U.S. congressman; David Stern, commissioner, NBA.