Rutgers Tuition Hikes and Financial Aid | Jersey News

Jersey City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

Rutgers is set to raise tuition and fees by 3% each, with room and board up 4%, all part of a $6.2 billion budget approved by the university board — a move that, while balanced, comes amid mounting pressures from shrinking federal funding, union contracts, and soaring personnel costs. Enrollment is strong, but national trends like declining high school enrollment, waning value of degrees, shrinking research funding, and fewer international students are reshaping higher ed. The hikes, though smaller than recent years (5% last year, 4% before), are offset by efforts to freeze hiring and expand…