New Jersey Institute of Technology Computer Science Programs

New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public institution situated in Newark, New Jersey. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards NJIT has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Computer Information Systems Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#1	Best Computer Information Systems Colleges for Non-Traditional Students	College Factual
#2	Best Colleges for Computer Information Systems	College Factual
#3	Best Computer & Information Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students	College Factual
#13	Best Computer & Information Sciences Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#20	Best Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences	College Factual

Where Is New Jersey Institute of Technology?

Contact details for NJIT are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone:	973-596-3000
Website:	www.njit.edu/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newark-NJ/NJIT/7185471825
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/njit

How Do I Get Into NJIT?

You can apply to NJIT online at: https://apply.njit.edu

Admission Requirements for NJIT

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NJIT?

With an acceptance rate of 61%, NJIT does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 68% of accepted students are men and 32% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 61%, and the acceptance rate for women is 63%.

Average Test Scores

About 84% of students accepted to NJIT submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 670. Math scores were between 610 and 700.

NJIT received ACT scores from 26% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 25 and 31. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford New Jersey Institute of Technology?

The overall average net price of NJIT is $41,682. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NJIT, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $8,273 a year. That adds up to $33,092 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NJIT is 4.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

New Jersey Institute of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,532 undergraduate students at NJIT, with 6,827 being full-time and 1,705 being part-time.

There are also 2,891 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,827 full-time undergraduates at NJIT, 76% are male and 24% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of New Jersey Institute of Technology students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,614
Black or African American	517
Hispanic or Latino	1,419
White	2,380
International Students	384
Other Races/Ethnicities	513

Geographic Diversity

New Jersey students aren't the only ones who study at New Jersey Institute of Technology. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at NJIT. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at New Jersey Institute of Technology

In 2017-2018, 3,410 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NJIT has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in New Jersey for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of NJIT

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at New Jersey Institute of Technology was 36.8%. This is the #362 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NJIT regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of NJIT majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer Information Systems	10%
General Computer & Information Sciences	6%
Information Technology	15%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at NJIT ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at NJIT.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Computer & Information Sciences	#3
Information Science	#5
General Information Science	#5
Computer & IS Security	#11
General Computer & Information Sciences	#13
Information Technology	#15
Information Technology	#18
Computer Information Systems	#27

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

New Jersey Institute of Technology Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences	144	6	214	8	372
Information Technology	200	2	35	0	237
General Information Science	47	6	146	0	199
Computer & IS Security	0	0	18	0	18
Computer Science	2	0	2	0	4
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	0	1	0	1
Internet Technology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	393	14	416	8	831

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jim.henderson under License

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