There are 10 ways to get from Rutgers University to Michigan State University by plane, bus, bus (Flixbus, Amtrak), train, car, bus (Greyhound), or train (Amtrak)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit, bus
best- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Detroit (DTW)plane EWR - DTW
- Take the bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriottbus
6h 55m$201–1,264Drive 641.7 mi
cheapest- Drive from Rutgers University to Michigan State Universitycar 641.7 mi
11h 31m$118–170Bus via Toledo
- Take the bus from Albany St & Spring St to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Toledo Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Toledo to Ann Arbor Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the bus from Blake Transit Center to East Lansing Marriottbus
18h 47m$142–263Train, bus
- Take the train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Stationtrain Nec
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Toledotrain
- Take the bus from Toledo to East Lansing Amtrak Stationbus
21h 48m$290–583Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
- Take the train from New Brunswick Amtrak Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Detroit (DTW)plane PHL - DTW
- Take the bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriottbus
7h 32m$161–536Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
- Take the train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Detroit (DTW)plane JFK - DTW
- Take the bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriottbus
8h 10m$346–1,020Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
- Take the train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Detroit (DTW)plane LGA - DTW
- Take the bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriottbus
8h 38m$170–368Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, bus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane EWR - GRR
- Take the bus from Grand Rapids to East Lansingbus
8h 49mBus
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0420
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to East Lansing Michigan Flyerbus 1483
22h 31m$150–276Train
- Take the train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Stationtrain Nec
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to East Lansing Amtrak Stationtrain
27h 56m$378–828
Rutgers University to Michigan State University by foot, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rutgers University to Michigan State University is to drive which costs $110 - $170 and takes 11h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Rutgers University to Michigan State University is to fly and bus which takes 6h 55m and costs $200 - $1,300.
No, there is no direct bus from Rutgers University to Michigan State University. However, there are services departing from Albany St & Spring St and arriving at East Lansing Marriott via New York Midtown, Toledo, Beakes + Summit and Blake Transit Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 47m.
No, there is no direct train from Rutgers University to Michigan State University station. However, there are services departing from New Brunswick and arriving at East Lansing Amtrak Station via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 56m.
The distance between Rutgers University and Michigan State University is 598 miles. The road distance is 645.5 miles.
The best way to get from Rutgers University to Michigan State University without a car is to bus via Toledo which takes 18h 47m and costs $140 - $270.
It takes approximately 6h 55m to get from Rutgers University to Michigan State University, including transfers.
Rutgers University to Michigan State University bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, depart from Albany St & Spring St station.
Rutgers University to Michigan State University train services, operated by NJ Transit, depart from New Brunswick station.
The best way to get from Rutgers University to Michigan State University is to bus via Toledo which takes 18h 47m and costs $140 - $270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $370 - $850 and takes 27h 56m.
What companies run services between Rutgers University, NJ, USA and Michigan State University, Ingham County, MI, USA?
You can take a vehicle from Rutgers University to Michigan State University via Albany St & Spring St, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Midtown, Toledo, Ann Arbor Amtrak Station, Beakes + Summit, Blake Transit Center, and East Lansing Marriott in around 18h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Rutgers University to Michigan State University via New Brunswick, Penn Station, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, and East Lansing Amtrak Station in around 27h 56m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit via Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit via Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit via Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–460
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- njtransit.com
Train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com
- Website
- https://njtworldcup.com/
- Adult
- $2–17
Train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com
- Website
- https://njtworldcup.com/
- Adult
- $2–17
Train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com
- Website
- https://njtworldcup.com/
- Adult
- $2–17
Train from New Brunswick to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com
- Website
- https://njtworldcup.com/
- Adult
- $2–17
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Toledo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–480
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from New Brunswick Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to East Lansing Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- [email protected]
- Website
- michiganflyer.com
Bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriott
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from Blake Transit Center to East Lansing Marriott
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–24
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $8–10
- Adult
- $17–24
Bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriott
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriott
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriott
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from Albany St & Spring St to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- coachusa.com
- Adult
- $15–35
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Toledo Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Toledo to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–40
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Website
- example.com
Bus from Toledo to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Toledo to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Toledo to East Lansing Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Website
- example.com
Bus from Grand Rapids to East Lansing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to East Lansing Michigan Flyer
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Want to know more about travelling around United States
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the US: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Why you should take the train in the US
Read the travel guide
How to get from JFK to New York City
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Rutgers University to Michigan State University bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Rutgers University to Michigan State University train services, operated by NJ Transit, arrive at New York Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rutgers University to Michigan State University is 645 miles. It takes approximately 11h 31m to drive from Rutgers University to Michigan State University.
There are 85+ hotels available in Michigan State University.












