Civil Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

If you plan to study civil engineering, take a look at what New Jersey Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and approximately 11,652 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 197 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from NJIT.

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

NJIT Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Doctorate Degree in Civil Eng

NJIT Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng 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 civil eng major at NJIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil 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 Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools	5
Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	30

In 2021, 92 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from NJIT. This makes it the #8 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of NJIT Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJIT is $61,687. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at NJIT

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

NJIT Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 197 civil eng majors earned their bachelor's degree from NJIT. Of these graduates, 81% were men and 19% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its civil eng 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	39
White	92
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

NJIT Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 92 students who earned a master's degree in Civil Engineering from NJIT in 2020-2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 13% 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	37
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NJIT also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. 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 Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil eng 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
Civil Engineers	8,020	$103,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,020	$163,440
Engineers	3,470	$114,990
Environmental Engineers	1,230	$88,360

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.