College · Public · Newark, NJ · City
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate65%
6-yr median pay$70k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size9,019
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/yr for a shot at a $70k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 65% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1337 · ACT 30.
If you get in
9,019 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $33k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $17k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$131k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$66k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$65k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $20.0k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $37.7k
- Room & board
- $16.4k
- Books & supplies
- $3,400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants40%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans31%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention90%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr73%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$70k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$84k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out16%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 9,019
- Location
- Newark, NJ
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity (R1)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- NJIT
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White29%
- Hispanic29%
- Asian20%
- Black10%
- International6%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$39k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.