2024 Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

If you plan on getting your master's degree in engineering-related fields, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #46 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 233 master's degrees in engineering-related fields during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to engineering-related fields students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering-related fields students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for engineering-related fields to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering-related fields related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering-related fields students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering-Related Fields Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Engineering-Related Fields in New Jersey

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in engineering-related fields.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Master's in Engineering-Related Fields

1

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ

95 Annual Graduates

$83,428 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Stevens Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a master's degree in engineering-related fields. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the engineering-related fields program earn around $83,428 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in engineering-related fields from Stevens Institute of Technology

2

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

109 Annual Graduates

$85,973 Median Starting Salary

New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in engineering-related fields. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark.

Master's students who receive their degree from the engineering-related fields program make around $85,973 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in engineering-related fields from New Jersey Institute of Technology

Best Engineering-Related Fields Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	377
Pennsylvania	248	160
Maryland	193	84
District of Columbia	154	122

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Rankings in Majors Related to Engineering-Related Fields

One of 18 majors within the Engineering Technologies area of study, Engineering-Related Fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering-Related Fields Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering	225
Packaging Science	8

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.