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2024 Best Engineering Schools in New Jersey

5 Colleges in New Jersey
4,833 Engineering Degrees Awarded
$70,153 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Engineering Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,833 degrees in engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Engineering School

Best Engineering Schools in New Jersey Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Engineering
Master's Degrees in Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Engineering

The engineering 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 Schools in New Jersey. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Engineering 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 degree levels they offer.

Top New Jersey Schools in Engineering

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
478 Engineering Degrees Awarded
30.8% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in engineering needs to take a look at Princeton University. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Princeton. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.

There were roughly 478 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent year we have data available. Engineering degree recipients from Princeton University get an earnings boost of around $12,762 above the average income of engineering graduates.

More information about a degree in engineering from Princeton University

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,159 Engineering Degrees Awarded
$75,335 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Stevens Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in engineering. Stevens is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken. A Best Colleges rank of #64 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Stevens is a great school overall.

There were approximately 1159 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stevens in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering degree program at Stevens Institute of Technology make $5,182 above the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a degree in engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,082 Engineering Degrees Awarded
$70,752 Median Starting Salary

New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a large student population. This school ranks 4th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were about 1082 engineering students who graduated with this degree at NJIT in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $70,752.

More information about a degree in engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology

4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1,136 Engineering Degrees Awarded
$64,530 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you wish to pursue a degree in engineering. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick. This university ranks 3rd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were approximately 1136 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program earn about $64,530 in their early career salary.

More information about a degree in engineering from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
426 Engineering Degrees Awarded
5.9% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were roughly 426 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program make around $59,103 for their early career.

More information about a degree in engineering from Rowan University

Best Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Pennsylvania389,981
New York3812,538
Maryland374,392
Delaware33580
District of Columbia33688

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Engineering Majors to Study

MajorAnnual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering1,021
Electrical Engineering730
Civil Engineering719
Biomedical Engineering454
Chemical Engineering426
Systems Engineering314
Computer Engineering289
General Engineering245
Engineering Science182
Industrial Engineering123

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