by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
New Jersey Institute of Technology was awarded 408 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is information technology.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, NJIT is ranked #122 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NJIT held the #132 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NJIT also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.
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The acceptance rate at New Jersey Institute of Technology is a competitive 69%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 42% of students accepted to NJIT submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 690. Math scores were between 600 and 740.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, New Jersey Institute of Technology is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at New Jersey Institute of Technology is 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
New Jersey Institute of Technology has a freshmen retention rate of 88%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At NJIT this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,084 undergraduates at NJIT with 7,389 being full-time and 1,695 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,784 | $14,022 | $18,451 | $23,854 | $24,952 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of NJIT, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NJIT, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $7,578 a year. That adds up to $30,312 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NJIT is 4.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for NJIT are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone: | 973-596-3000 |
| Website: | https://www.njit.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newark-NJ/NJIT/7185471825 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/njit |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Information Systems | 405 | $62,732 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 250 | $63,541 |
| Civil Engineering | 197 | $61,687 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 91 | $60,280 |
| Business Administration & Management | 90 | $37,273 |
| General Biology | 90 | $25,187 |
| Electrical Engineering | 89 | $70,354 |
| Chemical Engineering | 80 | $61,204 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 74 | NA |
| Computer Engineering | 68 | $70,324 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 3,757 students took at least one online class at New Jersey Institute of Technology. This is a decrease from the 9,827 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,757 | 739 |
| 2019-2020 | 9,827 | 3,478 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,550 | 603 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,410 | 628 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,412 | 200 |
Learn more about online learning at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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Footnotes
*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.
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