Welcome to Rutgers Scarlet Knights Athletics!
Seven sports at Rutgers University are ranked in the top 20 percentile nationally in the latest APR figures released by the NCAA, headlined by football, women's tennis and men's cross country, which are ranked in the top 10 percentile within their sport.
Student-athletes in the Rutgers football program that enrolled in the University from 2000-03 earned a graduation success rate of 88 percent, eighth nationally and the top figure of any public institution. The national GSR average was 67 percent.
In addition to the top graduation success rate for any public institution nationally, Rutgers is also first in the nation in the most-recent NCAA Academic Progress Rates (APR) that was announced by the NCAA last summer.
• Mission Statement
Why Rutgers?
• Rutgers is one of the nation’s leading research universities with an international reputation for excellence.
• Rutgers boasts one of the top graduation rates for student-athletes in the country.
• Rutgers has state-of-the-art athletic facilities and competes in one of the premier conferences in America, the BIG EAST.
• Rutgers athletics is covered extensively by New York media (the nation's largest media market) and appears regularly on national television.
With more than 50,000 students on campuses in Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick, Rutgers is one of the nation’s major public institutions of higher education. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers has a unique history as a colonial college, a land-grant institution, and a state university. The university’s 27 degree-granting units offer majors in more than 100 fields, with thousands of courses covering the full range of human experience. • More
Visiting Rutgers
The City of New Brunswick centrally located between New York City and Philadelphia with easy access to both cities via NJ Transit trains and buses.
New Brunswick has been dubbed "The Health Care City" to reflect the importance of the healthcare industry to its economy. The city is home to the world headquarters of Johnson & Johnson, along with several medical teaching and research institutions. • More
• Maps & Directions
NCAA Compliance
As a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”), Rutgers University must abide by NCAA rules and regulations as they relate to all aspects of its athletic program. In addition to ensuring that all of its coaches, administrators, University faculty and staff, and student-athletes are aware of and following NCAA rules, Rutgers is also responsible for the actions of any individual who is a “representative of athletic interests.”
Compliance with NCAA rules requires the effort of everyone associated with an institution’s athletic program – institutional staff, faculty, students, student-athletes and representatives of athletic interests. In order to act within NCAA rules, it is important to understand not only the rules themselves, but also why the NCAA rules exist and why schools must monitor compliance with the rules.
The information below was developed to provide you with a general overview of key Division I NCAA rules and regulations. If you have any additional questions about NCAA rules and regulations, you should contact the NCAA directly or visit the NCAA website at www.ncaa.org.
| • Introduction | • Rutgers Compliance Staff | • NCAA Principles for Conduct |
| • Recruiting Prospective Student-Athletes |
• Academic Eligibilty | • Benefits to Prospective and Enrolled Student-Athletes |
| • Financial Aid | • Atheletic Eligibilty | |
| • Practice and Competition | • Violations of NCAA Rules | • COMPLETE PRINTABLE VERSION |
Questions?
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