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Information Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Information Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology

If you plan to study information science, 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 has a total student population of 11,652. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 students received their master's degree in IS.

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

NJIT Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IS
  • Doctorate Degree in IS

NJIT Information Science Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in IS, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IS Student Demographics at NJIT

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

NJIT Information Science Master’s Program

38% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The IS program at NJIT awarded 166 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

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In the IS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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 IS.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 34
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 16
International Students 98
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in IS 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers 14,280 $176,690
Computer Workers 9,770 $99,210
Systems Software Developers 8,960 $123,370
Computer Science Professors 1,390 $105,890
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,080 $127,420

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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