IPEDS 2023 completions · bachelor's degrees · first majors

History at Rutgers-Newark

In 2023, 14 of the 1,606 students who finished a bachelor's degree at Rutgers-Newark did so in history: 0.9% of the class and the 11th most common major on campus. Across all 2,440 reporting institutions the field accounts for 1.06% of bachelor's degrees; at Rutgers-Newark it is 0.8x that, about as common. 43% of those graduates were women.

Degrees awarded

2023, bachelor's

Share of graduates

0.9%

of 1,606 graduates

Rank at the school

#11

by degrees awarded

vs national share

0.8x

1.06% of U.S. bachelor's

Women

43%

of these graduates

School acceptance rate

71%

13,997 of 17,779 admitted

Your odds at Rutgers-Newark

Three numbers, no account, the same published model the full calculator runs.

Is history competitive at Rutgers-Newark?

Colleges report one admission rate for the whole school; here is the bar you are actually measured against, and how the model treats this major.

Rutgers-Newark admitted 13,997 of 17,779 applicants for fall 2023 (71%). Colleges report admissions at the school level, not by major, so there is no published acceptance rate for history at Rutgers-Newark. CollegeCalcAI's published model treats "English / Humanities" as slightly less competitive than the school-wide rate (multiplier 1.05), a small lift for applicants declaring this field.

How to apply to Rutgers-Newark for history

What readers look for from applicants who declare this field, at any selectivity.

Rigorous history and social science courses
Research, archival or writing projects with a real question
Reading widely shows; name what you read
Run your odds with the major set: your estimate at Rutgers-Newark for history →

Where else to study history

Other colleges in New Jersey and at a similar selectivity that award bachelor's degrees in this field.

College	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate
Rutgers-Newark	14	0.9%	71%
Princeton University · NJ	56	4.2%	5%
Rutgers University · NJ	78	0.9%	58%
The College of New Jersey · NJ	51	3.2%	62%
Rutgers-Camden · NJ	14	1.3%	66%
Drew University · NJ	12	3.2%	68%
University of Delaware · DE	35	0.8%	71%

Every college ranked by history graduates: colleges that graduate the most history majors → · History colleges in New Jersey →

More majors at Rutgers-Newark

The other fields Rutgers-Newark graduates the most students in, 2023.

Business, Management and Marketing · 656 Biological and Biomedical Sciences · 230 Psychology · 167 Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting · 156 Public Administration and Social Service · 108 Computer and Information Sciences · 88 Social Sciences · 82 Visual and Performing Arts · 33 Physical Sciences · 23 English Language and Literature · 15 Rutgers-Newark admissions profile →

Questions about history at Rutgers-Newark

How many students major in history at Rutgers-Newark?

14 students earned a bachelor's degree in history at Rutgers-Newark in 2023, 0.9% of that year's 1,606 graduates (IPEDS completions, first majors).

Is history competitive at Rutgers-Newark?

What is the acceptance rate for history at Rutgers-Newark?

There is no official major-level acceptance rate; Rutgers-Newark reports one school-wide figure, 71%. Some programs (direct-admit nursing, engineering and business schools) select separately and can be more selective than the school overall. CollegeCalcAI's calculator applies its published per-major adjustment and shows your estimate for this school with the major set.

Is Rutgers-Newark known for history?

By output, history is the 11th most common field at Rutgers-Newark and about as common there than at the average U.S. college (0.9% of graduates versus 1.06% nationally).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 Completions (bachelor's degrees, first majors, CIP 2-digit series). Admissions counts: IPEDS 2023. Built 2026-09-19. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are not predictions or guarantees.