New Jersey Institute of Technology: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #723 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #237 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #210 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #3 of 47 | In New Jersey |
| #1 of 3 | In Newark |
| #123 of 2,500 | For Blockchain and Cryptography |
| Top50% | For 156 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 67%
- Undergraduates
- 9,523
- Graduates
- 3,484
- Male:Female Ratio
- 69:31
- Control
- Public
- Highest Degree
- Doctor's degree
- Website
- www.njit.edu
New Jersey Institute of Technology Acceptance rate and admissions statistics
New Jersey Institute of Technology has an acceptance rate of 67% and is among the top 29% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 67% | 63% | 73% |
| Applicants | 13,993 | 8,974 | 4,994 |
| Admissions | 9,362 | 5,689 | 3,661 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 1,635 | 1,083 | 552 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 127 | 88 | 39 |
2,570 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
693 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
SAT scores
Among admitted applicants
752 or 43%
submitted SAT
25% of them
had 1210
or below
75% of them
had 1470
or below
Typical SAT scores of first-years in New Jersey Institute of Technology are 1210-1470 (middle 50% range).
ACT scores
Among admitted applicants
76 or 4%
submitted ACT
25% of them
had 25
or below
75% of them
had 32
or below
Typical ACT scores of first-years in New Jersey Institute of Technology are 25-32 (middle 50% range).
Admissions requirements
| College-preparatory program | Required |
|---|---|
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Required |
| Recommendations | Required |
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| Secondary school rank | Considered but not required |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| White | 3220 (25%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 2817 (22%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 2568 (20%) |
| Asian | 2222 (17%) |
| Black or African American | 1123 (9%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 706 (5%) |
| Two or more races | 338 (3%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 (0.1%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 2 (0%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
- Average aid awarded
- $17,447
- Students receiving aid
- 94%
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $15,616 | $22,534 |
| Tuition in-state | $15,616 | $22,534 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $32,528 | $33,318 |
| Fee in-district | $3,406 | $3,384 |
| Fee in-state | $3,406 | $3,384 |
| Fee out-of-state | $3,406 | $3,384 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 2,444 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $17,200 |
| Room charge | $9,110 |
| Meal charge | $5,490 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology majors
New Jersey Institute of Technology has granted 1,815 bachelor's degrees across 34 programs, 1,218 master's across 38 programs, and 95 doctorate degrees across 18 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 232 | 271 | 10 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 228 | 33 | 4 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 177 | 77 | 7 |
| Information Technology | 212 | 24 | |
| Engineering Technologies & Technicians, General | 182 | ||
| Information Science & Studies | 46 | 109 | 2 |
| Data Science, General | 152 | ||
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 102 | 36 | 10 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 62 | 49 | 7 |
| Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology | 79 | 30 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 99 | 2 | |
| Engineering & Industrial Management | 97 | ||
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 79 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 60 | 21 | 2 |
| Chemical Engineering | 51 | 19 | 11 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | 68 | ||
| Management Science | 64 | 3 | |
| Industrial Engineering | 27 | 33 | 2 |
| Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance | 40 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 27 | 6 | |
| Physics, General | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 19 | ||
| Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects | 18 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Biochemistry | 15 | ||
| Engineering-Related Technologies & Technicians, Other | 12 | ||
| Environmental Science | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 7 | 4 | |
| Forensic Science and Technology | 11 | ||
| Interior Design | 11 | ||
| Computer Science | 7 | 3 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | 10 | ||
| Statistics, General | 10 | ||
| Systems Engineering | 10 | ||
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | 8 | 1 | |
| Transportation and Highway Engineering | 8 | ||
| Behavioral Sciences | 6 | ||
| Financial Analytics | 6 | ||
| Materials Engineering | 2 | 4 | |
| Computer Software Engineering | 5 | ||
| Industrial and Product Design | 5 | ||
| Manufacturing Engineering | 5 | ||
| Engineering, General | 4 | ||
| General Studies | 4 | ||
| History, General | 4 | ||
| Science, Technology and Society | 4 | ||
| Bioinformatics | 3 | ||
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 3 | ||
| Biostatistics | 2 | ||
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | 2 | ||
| Technical Theatre & Theatre Design and Technology | 2 | ||
| Applied Mathematics, General | 1 | ||
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 1 | ||
| Science Teacher Education & General Science Teacher Education | 1 | ||
| Social Sciences, Other | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 1,815 | 1,218 | 95 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology has a graduation rate of 73%, which is among the 17% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 73% | 71% | 78% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a world-class research university with 27,170 scientific papers published and 618,643 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Quantum and Particle physics, Biology, Environmental Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Materials Science, and Mathematics.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 243 | 811 |
| 1993 | 286 | 1062 |
| 1994 | 251 | 1301 |
| 1995 | 251 | 1394 |
| 1996 | 341 | 1688 |
| 1997 | 304 | 1839 |
| 1998 | 363 | 2107 |
| 1999 | 345 | 2395 |
| 2000 | 379 | 2952 |
| 2001 | 376 | 3143 |
| 2002 | 1161 | 6776 |
| 2003 | 924 | 6441 |
| 2004 | 712 | 6671 |
| 2005 | 838 | 8696 |
| 2006 | 782 | 10784 |
| 2007 | 697 | 11754 |
| 2008 | 730 | 13304 |
| 2009 | 729 | 14674 |
| 2010 | 817 | 16718 |
| 2011 | 776 | 18883 |
| 2012 | 796 | 20796 |
| 2013 | 746 | 22525 |
| 2014 | 810 | 24229 |
| 2015 | 909 | 24937 |
| 2016 | 1016 | 26713 |
| 2017 | 1059 | 28249 |
| 2018 | 1101 | 32824 |
| 2019 | 1193 | 37696 |
| 2020 | 1448 | 45483 |
| 2021 | 1373 | 51918 |
| 2022 | 1279 | 51824 |
| 2023 | 1452 | 54767 |
| 2024 | 1145 | 52110 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni
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Wally Schirra
- Occupations
- astronautautobiographerbusinesspersonUnited States Naval Aviatormilitary flight engineer
- Biography
-
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put humans into space. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7, becoming the fifth American and ninth human to travel into space. In December 1965, as part of the two-man Gemini program, he achieved the first space rendezvous, station-keeping his Gemini 6A spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of the sister Gemini 7 spacecraft. In October 1968, he commanded Apollo 7, an 11-day low Earth orbit shakedown test of the three-man Apollo Command/Service Module and the first crewed launch for the Apollo program.
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Victor J. Stenger
- Occupations
- astronomeruniversity teacherphysicistwriterphilosopher
- Biography
-
Victor John Stenger was an American particle physicist, philosopher, author, and religious skeptic.
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Moshe Kam
- Occupations
- engineerresearcher
- Biography
-
Moshe Kam is an Israeli-American electrical engineer. He is an engineering educator serving as Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Newark College of Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Until August 2014 he served as the Robert G. Quinn Professor and department head of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University. In 2011, he served concurrently as the 49th president and CEO of IEEE. Earlier he was IEEE's vice president for educational activities (2005–2007) and IEEE's representative director to the accreditation body ABET. Kam is known for his studies of decision fusion and distributed detection, which focus on computationally feasible fusion rules for multi-sensor systems.
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Ellen M. Pawlikowski
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
-
Ellen Marie Pawlikowski is a retired four-star general of the United States Air Force. She last served as the commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from June 8, 2015, to the end of July 2018, managing some 80,000 people and $60 billion in Air Force programs annually. Pawlikowski retired from the Air Force on September 1, 2018, after 40 years of service. She currently serves on the board of directors for Raytheon Technologies, one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the world, and is a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering.
General info
| Alternative names | NJIT |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 |
| Motto | The Edge in Knowledge |
| Colors | red |
| Academic calendar | September to May |
| Total FTE staff | 1,712 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | University Heights Newark, New Jersey, 07102 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 312,000 |
| Phone | 9735963000 |