New Jersey Institute of Technology: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #706 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #231 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #204 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #3 of 47 | In New Jersey |
| #1 of 3 | In Newark |
| #126 of 2,527 | For Blockchain and Cryptography |
| Top50% | For 156 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 65%
- Undergraduates
- 10,200
- Graduates
- 3,047
- Male:Female Ratio
- 68:32
- 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 65% 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 | 65% | 63% | 70% |
| Applicants | 15,607 | 10,080 | 5,527 |
| Admissions | 10,156 | 6,301 | 3,855 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 1,744 | 1,231 | 513 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 2 | 2 |
2,866 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
746 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
SAT scores
Among admitted applicants
789 or 45%
submitted SAT
25% of them
had 1210
or below
75% of them
had 1460
or below
Typical SAT scores of first-years in New Jersey Institute of Technology are 1210-1460 (middle 50% range).
ACT scores
Among admitted applicants
73 or 4%
submitted ACT
25% of them
had 27
or below
75% of them
had 34
or below
Typical ACT scores of first-years in New Jersey Institute of Technology are 27-34 (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 | 3426 (26%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 3038 (23%) |
| Asian | 2357 (18%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 2224 (17%) |
| Black or African American | 1338 (10%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 486 (4%) |
| Two or more races | 361 (3%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 (0.1%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 5 (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
- $18,084
- Students receiving aid
- 95%
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $16,334 | $23,570 |
| Tuition in-state | $16,334 | $23,570 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $34,024 | $34,850 |
| Fee in-district | $3,640 | $3,586 |
| Fee in-state | $3,640 | $3,586 |
| Fee out-of-state | $3,640 | $3,586 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 2,484 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $17,200 |
| Room charge | $9,950 |
| Meal charge | $5,906 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology majors
New Jersey Institute of Technology has granted 1,726 bachelor's degrees across 38 programs, 1,387 master's across 37 programs, and 74 doctorate degrees across 17 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 | 264 | 335 | 10 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 164 | 83 | 6 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 179 | 36 | 3 |
| Information Technology | 200 | 17 | |
| Data Science, General | 8 | 201 | |
| Information Science & Studies | 61 | 115 | 4 |
| Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology | 87 | 52 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 101 | 6 | |
| Engineering & Industrial Management | 105 | ||
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 73 | 23 | 2 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | 94 | ||
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 53 | 24 | 12 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 54 | 23 | 4 |
| Management Science | 79 | 2 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 53 | 19 | 6 |
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 59 | 3 | 3 |
| Mechanical & Mechanical Engineering Technology & Technician | 65 | ||
| Industrial Engineering | 21 | 31 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance | 42 | ||
| Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology & Technician | 39 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 23 | 6 | |
| Engineering Technologies & Technicians, General | 27 | ||
| Construction Engineering Technology & Technician | 23 | ||
| Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects | 19 | ||
| Financial Analytics | 19 | ||
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 19 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Physics, General | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| Behavioral Sciences | 12 | ||
| Biochemistry | 12 | ||
| Computer Software Engineering | 12 | ||
| Industrial and Product Design | 12 | ||
| Interior Design | 12 | ||
| Environmental Science | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Engineering-Related Technologies & Technicians, Other | 10 | ||
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 7 | 2 | |
| Forensic Science and Technology | 9 | ||
| General Studies | 9 | ||
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | 9 | ||
| Transportation and Highway Engineering | 7 | 2 | |
| Science, Technology and Society | 8 | ||
| Systems Engineering | 8 | ||
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | 7 | ||
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | 5 | ||
| History, General | 5 | ||
| Materials Engineering | 5 | ||
| Surveying Technology & Surveying | 5 | ||
| Bioinformatics | 4 | ||
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 4 | ||
| Manufacturing Engineering | 4 | ||
| Applied Mathematics, General | 3 | ||
| Statistics, General | 3 | ||
| Computer Science | 1 | 1 | |
| Social Sciences, Other | 2 | ||
| Technical Theatre & Theatre Design and Technology | 2 | ||
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | ||
| Biostatistics | 1 | ||
| Engineering Science | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 1,726 | 1,387 | 74 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology has a graduation rate of 73%, which is among the 18% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 73% | 70% | 80% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a world-class research university with 27,852 scientific papers published and 653,922 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 286 | 1063 |
| 1994 | 251 | 1301 |
| 1995 | 253 | 1395 |
| 1996 | 341 | 1688 |
| 1997 | 304 | 1838 |
| 1998 | 363 | 2107 |
| 1999 | 345 | 2395 |
| 2000 | 380 | 2955 |
| 2001 | 376 | 3145 |
| 2002 | 1161 | 6776 |
| 2003 | 924 | 6447 |
| 2004 | 712 | 6672 |
| 2005 | 838 | 8695 |
| 2006 | 782 | 10786 |
| 2007 | 697 | 11754 |
| 2008 | 730 | 13309 |
| 2009 | 729 | 14682 |
| 2010 | 817 | 16719 |
| 2011 | 776 | 18881 |
| 2012 | 796 | 20806 |
| 2013 | 745 | 22526 |
| 2014 | 810 | 24228 |
| 2015 | 910 | 24942 |
| 2016 | 1017 | 26723 |
| 2017 | 1059 | 28256 |
| 2018 | 1100 | 32832 |
| 2019 | 1193 | 37704 |
| 2020 | 1450 | 45499 |
| 2021 | 1373 | 51945 |
| 2022 | 1279 | 51859 |
| 2023 | 1454 | 54862 |
| 2024 | 1174 | 52798 |
| 2025 | 851 | 44802 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni
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Wally Schirra
- Occupations
- autobiographerbusinesspersonUnited States Naval Aviatormilitary flight engineertest 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
- 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 and 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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Kenneth A. Gibson
- Enrolled in New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in civil engineering
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Kenneth Allen Gibson was an American politician of the Democratic Party who was the 36th mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1970 to 1986. He was the first African American mayor of a major city in the Northeastern United States.
General info
| Alternative names | NJIT |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 |
| Motto | The Edge in Knowledge |
| Colors | red |
| Academic calendar | September to May |
| Total FTE staff | 1,838 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | University Heights Newark, New Jersey, 07102 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 312,000 |
| Phone | 9735963000 |