Rutgers University Facts -- November 2012
Nov. 20, 2012
ACADEMICS
Chartered in 1766 (Rutgers is the eighth oldest college in the nation)
Admitted into the Association of American Universities (AAU) in 1989
A land-grant university and member of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Ranked No. 68 in U.S. News & World Report's most recent evaluation of America's Best Universities
RESEARCH
Recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a "Research/Very High Research Activity" University (Tier 1)
Received almost $400 million in total research funding during the 2012 fiscal year
Thirty-three faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, America's top experts on critical national issues.
ENROLLMENT
Fall 2012 undergraduate enrollment is 43,967
Fall 2012 graduate enrollment is 14,821
13 percent of students are out-of-state
Students come from 49 of the 50 U.S. states
Students come from 106 countries
CONFERENCE HISTORY
Middle Three Conference (1946-1951)
With Lafayette and Lehigh
Middle Atlantic Conference (1958-1961)
Atlantic-10 Conference (1976-1995)
All sports except football
Big East (1991-1995)
Big East (1995-present)
ATHLETICS
24 varsity teams (10 men's teams; 14 women's teams)
16 different sports (football, basketball, baseball, softball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, tennis, track & field, wrestling, volleyball, soccer, field hockey, swimming & diving, rowing, lacrosse)
Five national championships in four sports
Football (1): 1869
Men's Lacrosse (2): 1928, 1955
Men's Fencing (1): 1949
Women's Basketball (1): 1982
FOOTBALL
Three Middle Atlantic Conference titles
Shared the first ever football national title with Princeton in 1869
Seven bowl appearances
Most recent - 27-13 win over Iowa State in 2011 Pinstripe Bowl
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Two Atlantic-10 Tournament titles (1979, 1989)
Six NCAA Championship appearances
One Final Four (1976)
Most recent postseason appearance - 2006 NIT
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Eight Atlantic-10 and Big East titles
Five Atlantic-10 and Big East tournament titles
23 NCAA Championship appearances
Two Final Fours (2000 and 2007)
Including 2007 NCAA Championship Game
NOTABLE ATHLETES
Ray Rice, Football
Two-time All-Pro in the NFL
Alexi Lalas, Men's Soccer
Hermann Trophy winner
Member of U.S. National Team ( 1991-1998)
George Kojac, Swimming
International Swimming Hall of Fame
1928 Olympic gold medalist
Carli Lloyd, Women's Soccer
Scored gold medal winning goal in 2008 and 2012 Olympics
Jim Valvano, Men's Basketball
Played at Rutgers from 1964-1967
Coached at NC State and won 1983 NCAA title
Namesake for the V Foundation for Cancer Research
Paul Robeson, Football
Played at Rutgers from 1915-1919 and won 12 letters in four different sports
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame
After RU, became an accomplished actor, singer and lecturer
Cappie Pondexter, Women's Basketball
Raised and attended high school in Chicago
First four-time first-team All-Big East selection in conference history
Won 2007 WNBA title and named WNBA Finals MVP
2008 Olympic gold medalist
NOTABLE COACHES
Harvey Harman, Football (1938-1941, 1946-1955)
Compiled a 74-44-2 record
Served in the Navy during WWII
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981
C. Vivian Stringer, Women's Basketball (1995-present)
Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Advanced Rutgers to the Final Four in 2000 and 2007
Theresa Grentz, Women's Basketball (1976-1995)
Won the AIAW Championship in 1982
Compiled a 434-150 record and led the team to nine straight postseason appearances
After Rutgers, coached at Illinois for 12 seasons
NOTABLE ALUMNI
Eight Rhodes Scholar
Four Nobel Laureates
Seven Pulitzer Prize winners
Other:
Milton Friedman - Nobel Prize winning economist
David Stern - NBA commissioner
Bill Rasmussen - founder, ESPN
Janet Evanovich - best-selling novelist
James Gandolfini - Emmy Award winning actor
NEW JERSEY NATIVES
Bruce Springsteen - Grammy Award winning musician
Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito - Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
Franco Harris - Hall of Fame running back and Penn State alum
Shaquille O'Neal - 15-time NBA All-Star
General Norman Schwarzkopf - led U.S. armed forces in Desert Storm
Frank Sinatra - noted musician and actor
Amos Alonzo Stagg - pioneer coach and namesake for Big Ten Football Championship Trophy
Meryl Streep - Academy Award winning actress
Bon Jovi - rock band from Sayreville, N.J.
Thomas Edison - inventor who created the phonograph, motion picture camera and light bulb
Vince Lombardi - legendary football coach
BIG TEN/RUTGERS ATHLETIC CONNECTIONS
Lou Tepper
Former Illinois football coach
1967 graduate of Rutgers
Dick Anderson
Former Rutgers football head coach (1984-1989)
Former assistant at Penn State
Greg Schiano
Former Rutgers football head coach
Former assistant at Penn State
C. Vivian Stringer
Rutgers women's basketball coach
Head coach at Iowa from 1983-1985
Theresa Grentz
Former Illinois women's basketball coach
Head coach at Rutgers from 1976-1995
Doug Graber
Former Rutgers football head coach
Former assistant at Wisconsin
Frank Molinaro
Four-time Penn State All-American
Current Rutgers assistant wrestling coach
Bill Carmody
Northwestern men's basketball coach
Born in Spring Lake, N.J.
