Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at New Jersey Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 11,652. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 802 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from NJIT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

NJIT Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

NJIT Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at NJIT compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at NJIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	15
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Engineering Schools	91
	91
	143
Best Value Engineering Schools	170

In 2021, 282 students received their master’s degree in engineering from NJIT. This makes it the #42 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 45 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #76 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at NJIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

NJIT Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	139
Black or African American	45
Hispanic or Latino	181
White	319
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	54

NJIT Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 282 students earned a master's degree in engineering from NJIT. About 23% of these graduates were women and the other 77% were men.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	47
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	84
International Students	93
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NJIT also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 45 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	306
Mechanical Engineering	281
Electrical Engineering	159
Biomedical Engineering	128
Chemical Engineering	112
Computer Engineering	88
Industrial Engineering	57
Systems Engineering	7
Materials Engineering	7
Other Engineering	6
Environmental Engineering	5
General Engineering	4
Manufacturing Engineering	3
Engineering Science	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Communications Technologies & Support
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Architecture & Related Services

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Software Applications Developers	46,930	$107,640
Systems Software Developers	8,960	$123,370
Civil Engineers	8,020	$103,760
Cost Estimators	5,270	$75,340
Computer Network Architects	5,160	$124,310

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.