In the context of our raises and other economics proposals, higher education accounting expert Dr. Howard Bunsis reported that Rutgers management is crying poverty due to a lack of out-of-state students, who pay approximately twice the New Jersey resident student rate. However, when analyzing the actual data, there is a 5.5% increase last year over the previous, according to IPEDS.
As reported last month (Rutgers University Hikes Student Tuition, Freezes Staff Hiring In $6B Budget | Newark, NJ Patch Mon, Jul 13, 2026), tuition for a typical full-time arts and sciences undergraduate who is a New Jersey resident will increase on average $448 for the academic year from $14,933 to $15,381. Fees vary by program, but average mandatory fees are estimated to increase by about $117 annually for in-state and out-of-state students from $3,891 to $4,008.
Meanwhile, tuition and mandatory fees for a typical full-time arts and sciences out-of-state undergraduate student will rise from $39,649 to $40,839. On average, housing and dining expenses will increase from $15,332 to $15,945 (4%).
IPEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. It is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS gathers information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs.
