Annual College Costs ( Fall 2006 )

Financial Aid Statistics

• Full-time freshman enrollment: 5,230
• Number who applied for need-based aid: 4,016
• Number who were judged to have need: 2,751
• Number who were offered aid: 2,691
• Number who had full need met: 1,093

• Average percent of need met: 69%
• Average financial aid package: $11,555
• Average need-based loan: $3,010
• Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $8,579
• Average non-need based aid: $5,641
• Average indebtedness at graduation: $15,362

Financial Aid Distribution

• Scholarships / grants: 44%
• Loans / jobs: 56%

Outstanding Scholarship Recruitment Program: $2,500-$7,500, for selected in-state resident applicants based on SAT scores and class rank, 2,500 awarded; Carr Scholarship: $10,000, for selected minority applicants, 150 awarded; Class of 1941 Scholarship: $1,941, descendent of Class of 1941 alumni preferred, 1 awarded; National Merit Scholarship for National Merit finalists: $1,000-$2,000, 15 or more awarded; National Achievement Scholarship for National Achievement finalists: $1,000-$2,000, 2 awarded; Rockland County-Herman T. Hopper Scholarship: out-of-state tuition, for Rockland County, New York resident, 1 awarded; Rutgers University Academic Achievement Award for in- and out-of-state minority students: $1,000, 20 awarded; Rutgers University Alumni Federation Scholarship, $1,000, for children of Rutgers University alumni, 20 awarded; Rutgers University National Scholarship for out-of-state students: $5,000, about 100 awards university-wide.

Financial Aid Forms

Domestic first-year financial aid applicants must submit the following forms, if applicable:

• FAFSA

Contact Information

Financial Aid Office phone: (732) 932-1766

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