Information Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if New Jersey Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 11,652.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

NJIT Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

NJIT Information Technology Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

IT Student Demographics at NJIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

NJIT Information Technology Master’s Program

The IT program at NJIT awarded 25 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 68% of these degrees went to men with the other 32% going to women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a master's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Information Technology

The following IT concentations are available at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer & IS Security	25

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• Information Science
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Computer and Information Systems Managers	14,280	$176,690
Computer User Support Specialists	13,910	$65,260
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,370	$99,070
Computer Workers	9,770	$99,210

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.