State-supported, Coed

Setting

Urban 45-acre campus with easy access to New York City

Degrees Offered

Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral, and Postbachelor’s Certificates

Cost

Tuition state resident $9700 full-time, $370 per credit part-time; nonresident $20,082 full-time, $788 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and degree level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and degree level

Room and board $9108; room only: $6330. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility

Entrance Difficulty

Moderately difficult , 53% of applicants were admitted

Application Deadlines

4/1 (freshmen), 6/1 (transfers)

Undergraduate Student Population

5,380 undergraduate students, 20% women, 80% men, 7% transferred in

Minority Breakdown

10% African American, 20% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 15% Hispanic American, 0.4% Native American

International Population

6% representing 99 other countries

Housing Info

28% live on campus

Freshman

Admission: 2,891 applied; 1,533 admitted; 840 enrolled

Test Scores:

SAT critical reading scores over 500 59%

SAT math scores over 500 90%

SAT critical reading scores over 600 14%

SAT math scores over 600 45%

SAT math scores over 700 8%

Student/faculty ratio: 14 :1

Costs (2007-08)

Tuition: state resident $9700 full-time, $370 per credit part-time; nonresident $20,082 full-time, $788 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and degree level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and degree level

Room and board: $9108; room only: $6330. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility

Payment plan: installment

Waivers: employees or children of employees

Top Financial Aid

Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2006, 2,615 applied for aid, 2,306 were judged to have need, 229 had their need fully met

In 2006, 453 non-need-based awards were made

Average percent of need met: 81%

Average financial aid package: $10,089

Average need-based loan: $2802

Average need-based gift aid: $7153

Average non-need-based aid: $6654

Average indebtedness upon graduation: $13,000

Financial aid deadline: 5/15

What NJIT Says …

As one of the nation’s leading public research universities, NJIT prepares its students to be leaders in a technology-dependent economy. NJIT graduates are much in demand. The university’s multidisciplinary curriculum and computing-intensive approach to education provide the technological proficiency, business know-how, and leadership skills that future CEOs and entrepreneurs will need to succeed.

In fact, NJIT is the third “most wired” college in the United States in Yahoo! Internet Life magazine’s 2000 rankings. Yahoo also ranked NJIT second in the nation among technological universities, behind Carnegie Mellon University.

Ranked with other universities on appeal:

#4 Professors Get Low Marks Academics

#5 Professors Make Themselves Scarce Academics

#14 Diverse Student Population Demographics

#5 Campus Is Tiny, Unsightly, or Both Quality of Life

#5 Least Happy Students Quality of Life

#4 More to Do on Campus Social

#12 Town-Gown Relations are Strained Social

What NJIT Students Say About…

Student Body

“There are two types of students at NJIT,” writes one undergrad, elaborating: “The first are the ones who are involved with athletics, clubs, organizations, and other things. The others are the antisocial ones. These people stay in their dorms and play computer games all day.” How many of each category populate this campus? One student offers some pertinent data: “Class attendance dropped 32 percent the day Halo 2 came out.” Like the region surrounding it, “NJIT is a total melting pot; the mix of ethnic backgrounds of students is diverse.” While many say the various groups interact well, just as many others describe the student body as “clusters of ethnic groups isolated from each other.” Because of curricular demands, “Everyone is pretty smart. But you also have the very smart people.” When asked in what ways his school could stand to improve, one succinct information technologist wrote “girls!” reflecting a sentiment running through much of the student body. The male/female ratio is about 4:1.

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