New Jersey Institute of Technology: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #711 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #236 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #209 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #3 of 47 | In New Jersey |
| #1 of 3 | In Newark |
| #107 of 2,372 | For Blockchain and Cryptography |
| Top50% | For 155 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 66%
- Undergraduates
- 9,019
- Graduates
- 3,313
- Male:Female Ratio
- 71:29
- 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 66% and is among the top 27% 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 | 66% | 62% | 73% |
| Applicants | 13,010 | 8,343 | 4,667 |
| Admissions | 8,585 | 5,159 | 3,426 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 1,465 | 1,016 | 449 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 110 | 66 | 44 |
2,355 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
709 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
SAT scores
Among admitted applicants
633 or 40%
submitted SAT
25% of them
had 1190
or below
75% of them
had 1450
or below
Typical SAT scores of first-years in New Jersey Institute of Technology are 1190-1450 (middle 50% range).
ACT scores
Among admitted applicants
61 or 4%
submitted ACT
25% of them
had 27
or below
75% of them
had 33
or below
Typical ACT scores of first-years in New Jersey Institute of Technology are 27-33 (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 | 3383 (27%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 2494 (20%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 2415 (20%) |
| Asian | 2353 (19%) |
| Black or African American | 1083 (9%) |
| Two or more races | 340 (3%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 250 (2%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 (0.1%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 3 (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
- $15,959
- Students receiving aid
- 93%
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $15,198 | $21,932 |
| Tuition in-state | $15,198 | $21,932 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $31,658 | $32,426 |
| Fee in-district | $3,314 | $3,292 |
| Fee in-state | $3,314 | $3,292 |
| Fee out-of-state | $3,314 | $3,292 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 2,583 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $12,200 |
| Room charge | $9,110 |
| Meal charge | $5,490 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology majors
New Jersey Institute of Technology has granted 1,869 bachelor's degrees across 34 programs, 731 master's across 34 programs, and 99 doctorate degrees across 19 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 | 224 | 131 | 14 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 195 | 94 | 2 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 225 | 35 | 5 |
| Information Technology | 234 | 22 | |
| Engineering Technologies & Technicians, General | 195 | ||
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 93 | 26 | 7 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 91 | 26 | 8 |
| Information Science & Studies | 60 | 55 | 6 |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 94 | ||
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 89 | 2 | 2 |
| Chemical Engineering | 71 | 12 | 8 |
| Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology | 68 | 13 | |
| Data Science, General | 71 | ||
| Computer Engineering, General | 45 | 10 | 5 |
| Engineering & Industrial Management | 58 | ||
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other | 53 | ||
| Industrial Engineering | 34 | 15 | 3 |
| Management Science | 27 | 5 | |
| Mathematics, General | 16 | 10 | |
| Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects | 15 | ||
| Computer Science | 12 | 2 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance | 14 | ||
| Environmental Science | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Interior Design | 12 | ||
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | 7 | 5 | |
| Chemistry, General | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Physics, General | 10 | 1 | |
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 6 | 4 | |
| Materials Engineering | 4 | 6 | |
| Industrial and Product Design | 9 | ||
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | 9 | ||
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 9 | ||
| Transportation and Highway Engineering | 3 | 6 | |
| Biochemistry | 8 | ||
| Engineering-Related Technologies & Technicians, Other | 8 | ||
| Forensic Science and Technology | 8 | ||
| Science, Technology and Society | 8 | ||
| Systems Engineering | 7 | ||
| Statistics, General | 6 | ||
| Technical Theatre & Theatre Design and Technology | 6 | ||
| Applied Mathematics, General | 5 | ||
| Computer Software Engineering | 4 | ||
| General Studies | 4 | ||
| Manufacturing Engineering | 4 | ||
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 2 | |
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | 3 | ||
| History, General | 3 | ||
| Social Sciences, Other | 2 | ||
| Behavioral Sciences | 1 | ||
| Biostatistics | 1 | ||
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 1 | ||
| Financial Analytics | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 1,869 | 731 | 99 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology has a graduation rate of 74%, which is among the 18% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 74% | 69% | 86% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a world-class research university with 24,570 scientific papers published and 472,824 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 183 | 492 |
| 1992 | 230 | 605 |
| 1993 | 274 | 834 |
| 1994 | 245 | 1043 |
| 1995 | 241 | 1134 |
| 1996 | 317 | 1386 |
| 1997 | 293 | 1540 |
| 1998 | 353 | 1786 |
| 1999 | 321 | 2004 |
| 2000 | 350 | 2449 |
| 2001 | 362 | 2604 |
| 2002 | 1129 | 5595 |
| 2003 | 874 | 5098 |
| 2004 | 662 | 5337 |
| 2005 | 808 | 6959 |
| 2006 | 738 | 8497 |
| 2007 | 704 | 9634 |
| 2008 | 680 | 10989 |
| 2009 | 703 | 12306 |
| 2010 | 772 | 13724 |
| 2011 | 688 | 15685 |
| 2012 | 731 | 17332 |
| 2013 | 739 | 19457 |
| 2014 | 727 | 19808 |
| 2015 | 864 | 21118 |
| 2016 | 929 | 22192 |
| 2017 | 985 | 23268 |
| 2018 | 1035 | 27301 |
| 2019 | 1111 | 31289 |
| 2020 | 1307 | 37008 |
| 2021 | 1286 | 42676 |
| 2022 | 1228 | 45064 |
| 2023 | 1368 | 45372 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni
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Wally Schirra
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerautobiographerastronautbusinesspersonaircraft pilot
- 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
- physicistastronomerwriterphilosopher
- Biography
-
Victor John Stenger was an American particle physicist, philosopher, author, and religious skeptic.
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Moshe Kam
- Occupations
- researcherengineer
- Biography
-
Moshe Kam is an American Israeli 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 | 1,590 |
| 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 |