by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on New Jersey Institute of Technology Graduate School, including its rankings, graduate degree programs, diversity, and more. Click on any of the following links to jump to that section on this page.
Each year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual’s 2027 ranking of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in the U.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #122 spot out of the 1,618 schools analyzed for this list. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. As a result, NJIT is a recipient of this year’s Best Master’s Schools badge. For the Best Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey, NJIT came in at #4.
There were 892 college and universities analyzed in the 2027 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and NJIT took the #121 spot on the list. This means that the school is among the Top 15% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. NJIT was awarded this year’s Best Doctorate Schools badge for this accomplishment. In addition, NJIT took the #6 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New Jersey.
### Best Graduate Certificate Schools RankingIn College Factual’s 2027 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States ranking, NJIT took the #105 spot out of 737 schools. NJIT also ranked #3 for Best Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey.
During the most recent year for which data is available, 3,047 graduate students attended New Jersey Institute of Technology. Since diversity is such an important part of the grad school experience, College Factual looked deeper at the demographics of these students. Here is what we found.
The total graduate student population at NJIT is made up of 33.0% women and 67.0% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 28.5% of the graduate students who attend NJIT are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 53.2% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you’ll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for full-time graduate students is not available due to a lack of data.
The typical graduate student at NJIT who borrowed carries a median debt of $24,755.
Graduate students who earn their master’s degree at NJIT enter the workforce with an average early-career salary of $109,631.
Yearly salaries vary depending on the field of study, but the table below shows the highest-earning graduate fields of study at NJIT based on the early-career earnings of recent graduates.
| Graduate Field of Study | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|
| Information Science | $123,609 |
| Business Administration & Management | $123,540 |
| Electrical Engineering | $121,989 |
| Computer Information Systems | $115,802 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | $107,013 |
| Biomedical Engineering | $103,062 |
| Civil Engineering | $95,410 |
| Architecture. | $78,886 |
| Chemical Engineering | $74,304 |
| Mechanical Engineering | $73,853 |
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Contact details for NJIT are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone: | 973-596-3000 |
| Website: | www.njit.edu/ |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/pages/Newark-NJ/NJIT/7185471825 |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/njit |
52.9% of the graduate students at NJIT took at least one online course. For that same period, 23.7% of grad students took all of their classes online.
Listed here are the degree programs in which the school awarded master’s degrees.
| Masters Degree Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 4 | — |
| Architectural Sciences | 35 | — |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 8 | — |
| Biomedical Engineering | 24 | $103,062 |
| Business Administration & Management | 4 | $123,540 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12 | — |
| Chemistry | 2 | — |
| Civil Engineering | 78 | $95,410 |
| Computer Engineering | 18 | — |
| Computer Information Systems | 429 | $115,802 |
| Computer Science | 2 | — |
| Data Science. | 197 | — |
| Electrical Engineering | 34 | $121,989 |
| Engineering Science | 1 | — |
| Engineering-Related Fields | 69 | $107,013 |
| Environmental Engineering | 4 | — |
| General Biology | 10 | — |
| Industrial Engineering | 24 | — |
| Information Science | 90 | $123,609 |
| Information Technology | 44 | — |
| Management Sciences & Methods | 132 | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 6 | — |
| Materials Engineering | 2 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering | 29 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 4 | — |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 22 | — |
| Physics | 4 | — |
| Statistics | 3 | — |
| Sustainability Science | 4 | — |
| Systems Engineering | 7 | — |
As with the master’s degree programs, only the programs that awarded doctorate degrees are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 8 | — |
| Chemical Engineering | 5 | — |
| Civil Engineering | 3 | — |
| Computer Engineering | 2 | — |
| Computer Information Systems | 13 | — |
| Data Science. | 3 | — |
| Electrical Engineering | 5 | — |
| Environmental Engineering | 3 | — |
| General Biology | 2 | — |
| Industrial Engineering | 3 | — |
| Information Science | 5 | — |
| Management Sciences & Methods | 3 | — |
| Materials Engineering | 3 | — |
| Mathematics | 7 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering | 4 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 2 | — |
Only the programs in which a graduate certificate was awarded are shown here.
| Graduate Certificate Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 25 | — |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | — |
| Civil Engineering | 10 | — |
| Computer Information Systems | 83 | — |
| Data Analytics. | 1 | — |
| Electrical Engineering | 4 | — |
| Environmental Engineering | 1 | — |
| General Biology | 1 | — |
| Industrial Engineering | 17 | — |
| Information Science | 6 | — |
| Information Technology | 9 | — |
| Management Sciences & Methods | 14 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 1 | — |
| Other Engineering | 4 | — |
| Sustainability Science | 1 | — |
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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