2025 Best Engineering Science Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
182Engineering Science Degrees Awarded
$77,818Avg Early-Career Salary
Engineering Science isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #205 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for engineering science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 182 degrees in engineering science annually.
The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The engineering science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Engineering Science Schools in New Jersey.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Engineering Science in New Jersey
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering science degree levels they offer.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great option for students interested in a degree in engineering science. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the city of New Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering science program report average early career income of $69,336.
Every student pursuing a degree in engineering science needs to take a look at Middlesex County College. Located in the large suburb of Edison, Middlesex County College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 33 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Middlesex County College in the most recent year we have data available.
Hudson County Community College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in engineering science. Located in the city of Jersey City, HCCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 42nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 32 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at HCCC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The engineering science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
