2025 Best General Engineering Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
245Engineering Degrees Awarded
$77,930Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in general engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #79 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 245 degrees in general engineering annually.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Engineering in New Jersey
The schools below may not offer all types of engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Rowan University if you wish to pursue a degree in general engineering. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #345 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rowan is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent year we have data available. Those general engineering students who get their degree from Rowan University receive $6,325 more than the standard engineering graduate.
Every student pursuing a degree in general engineering has to check out Union County College. Located in the suburb of Cranford, Union County College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 25th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 54 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Union County College in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, engineering degree recipients typically make about $27,813 in their early careers.
Every student who is interested in general engineering has to check out Brookdale Community College. Located in the suburb of Lincroft, Brookdale Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 31st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 29 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Brookdale Community College 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 program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
