New Jersey Institute of Technology Overview

New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Newark, New Jersey. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is New Jersey Institute of Technology Known For?

• The student loan default rate at NJIT is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at NJIT.
• For the <nil> academic year, 57% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from NJIT makes roughly $84,495 a year. This is 107% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is New Jersey Institute of Technology?

Contact details for NJIT are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone:	973-596-3000
Website:	www.njit.edu

How Do I Get Into NJIT?

You can apply to NJIT online at: https://apply.njit.edu/

Admission Requirements for NJIT

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NJIT?

The acceptance rate at NJIT is 69%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 62% of accepted students are men and 38% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 42% of students accepted to NJIT submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 690. Math scores were between 600 and 740.

NJIT received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 33. Composite scores were between 27 and 33.

Can I Afford New Jersey Institute of Technology?

The overall average net price of NJIT is $41,095. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NJIT, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $7,578 a year. That adds up to $30,312 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NJIT is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

New Jersey Institute of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,183 undergraduate students at NJIT, with 7,305 being full-time and 1,878 being part-time.

There are also 2,718 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,305 full-time undergraduates at NJIT, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of New Jersey Institute of Technology students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,724
Black or African American	664
Hispanic or Latino	1,593
White	2,412
International Students	457
Other Races/Ethnicities	455

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at New Jersey Institute of Technology. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at NJIT. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at New Jersey Institute of Technology

In 2020-2021, 3,757 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NJIT has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 34th most popular in New Jersey for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NJIT

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at New Jersey Institute of Technology was 158.2%. This is the #323 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NJIT regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.