Biomedical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying biomedical engineering, you may want to check out the program at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 11,652. Of the 1,863 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2021, 91 of them were biomedical engineering majors.

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

NJIT Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

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

NJIT Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how NJIT performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at NJIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biomedical 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 Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools	11
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	31
Best Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	43
	56
Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools	62

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in bio engineering from NJIT. This makes it the #31 most popular school for bio engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in bio engineering, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of NJIT Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJIT is $60,280. This is 10% higher than $55,043, which is the national average for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at NJIT

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

NJIT Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bio 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 bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	32
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NJIT Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a master’s in bio engineering from NJIT in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women.

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 bio engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NJIT also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Manufacturing Engineering
• General Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Other Engineering

Careers That Bio Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bio 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,020	$163,440
Biomedical Engineers	210	$113,140

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.