Electrical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

If you plan to study electrical 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, 89 students received a bachelor's degree in EE from NJIT.

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

NJIT Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

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

NJIT Electrical Engineering Rankings

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

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 EE major at NJIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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 Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	17
Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	41
Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	95
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	96
	113
Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools	179

In 2021, 60 students received their master’s degree in EE from NJIT. This makes it the #42 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #84 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do EE Graduates from NJIT Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJIT is $70,354. This is 1% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at NJIT

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

NJIT Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The EE program at NJIT awarded 89 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 91% of these degrees went to men with the other 9% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its EE 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 EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	32
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NJIT Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 60 EE students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NJIT, about 73% were men and 27% 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 EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NJIT also has a doctoral program available in EE. 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 EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE 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
Electrical Engineers	3,590	$118,120
Engineers	3,470	$114,990
Electronics Engineers	3,160	$113,560
Aerospace Engineers	1,840	$115,850

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.