History at New Jersey Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying history, 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 approximately 11,652 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,863 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2021, 2 of them were history majors.

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

NJIT History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

NJIT History Rankings

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

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 history major at NJIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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 History Schools	1,377

History Student Demographics at NJIT

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

NJIT History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

NJIT also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Managers	18,370	$138,820
History Professors	750	$91,270
Curators	120	$75,750
Historians	80	$76,320

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.