Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at New Jersey Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 11,652.

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

NJIT Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

NJIT Engineering Rankings

There were 45 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #76 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at NJIT

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

NJIT Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 8% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	87
International Students	96
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	109
Electrical Engineering	70
Biomedical Engineering	37
Industrial Engineering	34
Chemical Engineering	32
Mechanical Engineering	31
Computer Engineering	20
Materials Engineering	7
Systems Engineering	7
Other Engineering	6
Environmental Engineering	5
Manufacturing Engineering	3
Engineering Science	1

Related Majors

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Architecture & Related Services

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	46,930	$107,640
Systems Software Developers	8,960	$123,370
Civil Engineers	8,020	$103,760
Cost Estimators	5,270	$75,340
Computer Network Architects	5,160	$124,310

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.