Design & Applied Arts at New Jersey Institute of Technology
NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and approximately 11,652 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 design majors received their bachelor's degree from NJIT.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Design & Applied Arts section at the bottom of this page.
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NJIT Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Design
NJIT Design & Applied Arts Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the design 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 design major at NJIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Design & Applied Arts. 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 |
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Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 30 |
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools | 193 |
Earnings of NJIT Design Graduates
The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at NJIT is $44,192. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 35% higher than the national average of $32,733 for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

Design Student Demographics at NJIT
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
NJIT Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

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

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
White | 7 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
NJIT also has a doctoral program available in design. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
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Careers That Design Grads May Go Into
A degree in design 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 |
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Graphic Designers | 5,980 | $59,140 |
Professors | 2,670 | $73,660 |
Art, Drama, and Music Professors | 2,070 | $90,750 |
Interior Designers | 1,440 | $57,980 |
Photographers | 1,400 | $35,840 |
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.
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