New Jersey Institute Of Technology

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university located in Newark, New Jersey. It was established in 1881 with only 88 students. NJIT is one of the few universities in the U.S. that offers extensive courses in Video Game development. The campus is spread across an area of 45 acres. NJIT offers more than 90 degree programs in over 25 undergraduate majors and 25 graduate specialties. It is organized into the following academic units:

• Albert Dorman Honors College
• College of Computing Sciences
• College of Science and Liberal Arts
• New Jersey School of Architecture
• Newark College of Engineering
• School of Management

NJIT has an active Greek life with several fraternities and sororities, including Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Lambda Beta. There are also several on-campus student clubs and organizations.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, mathematics, computer science and engineering, architecture and planning, and engineering technician.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Numerous part-time students.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Selective admissions.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 8,398 in 2009-2010 (6,964 full-time equivalent).

About 82% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 18% of the class.

Undergrads are 38% of enrolled students and graduate students are 62%.

Students under 25 years old represent 65% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 93% are full-time and 7% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

New Jersey Institute Of Technology provides on-campus housing for 1,541 of its 6,964 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Independent Northeast Region for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 108 male students received the aid (men were 63% of those receiving aid) and 63 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 37% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

New Jersey Institute Of Technology offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (148 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (222 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (426 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (10 awarded)

• Environmental Science

ENGINEERING (822 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Transportation and Highway Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (119 awarded)

• Engineering Technology

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (10 awarded)

• Public Policy Analysis

LIBERAL ARTS (20 awarded)

• History
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (57 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

SCIENCE (60 awarded)

• Bioinformatics
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Science, Technology and Society