What does “social mobility” mean? 🤔 It’s not just some buzzword. In higher education, social mobility measures how well a university enrolls and graduates economically disadvantaged students. Rutgers continues to be a national leader in social mobility, earning strong rankings among more than 1,700 universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges rankings: 🏆 Rutgers–Newark: #6 in social mobility 🏆 Rutgers–Camden: #16 in social mobility 🏆 Rutgers–New Brunswick: #57 (and #3 in the Big Ten) in social mobility #Rutgers #CollegeRankings #HigherEd #RutgersPride