The name Rutgers may refer to the following people and institutions.
People:
- Henry Rutgers (1745-1830), Colonel in the American Revolution, and benefactor of Rutgers University
- Arend Joan Rutgers (1903-1988), a Dutch-Belgian physical chemist
Institutions:
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Rutgers College - Chartered as Queen's college in 1766, and renamed for benefactor Henry Rutgers (above) in 1825, this institution continued to exist by this name as a liberal arts college after Rutgers became a university in 1924, and continued to exist as such until 2007 when it was merged with other colleges into the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.
- Rutgers-Newark is Rutgers University's campus in Newark, New Jersey (including its athletic teams, the Scarlet Raiders)
- Rutgers-Camden is Rutgers University's campus in Camden, New Jersey (including its athletic teams, the Scarlet Raptors)
- Rutgers-New Brunswick is the University's largest campus in New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey
- Rutgers Preparatory School — the private preparatory school originally chartered as the Queen's College Grammar School in 1766, and formerly part of Queen's College (now Rutgers University)
Other:
- Rutgers Tomato, an heirloom cultivar of tomato, developed at the university of the same name
