Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 112 Title IV programs, 25 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 87 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing25 · 22.3%
- No Data87 · 77.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 3
- Jun 2022Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Apr 2019Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Nov 2017Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 4,592 students received $29.3M in Pell grants, alongside $38.5M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,783 borrowers who entered repayment, 13 (0.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at NJIT
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus8
- Non-campus1
- Public property4
Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Cypress Hall1 fireElectricalDamage $0-$99
- Maple Hall1 fireCookingDamage $1,000-$9,999
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
NJIT vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions NJIT selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNew Jersey Institute of Technology | 73% | — | 13,247 | $16,504 | R1 Research |
| 69% | 72.4% | 13,906 | $16,467 | R1 Research | |
| 84% | 58.1% | 52,269 | $24,406 | R1 Research | |
| — | 68.5% | 9,536 | — | R1 Research | |
| 82% | 38.6% | 18,816 | $21,620 | R1 Research | |
| 83% | 70.6% | 24,412 | $17,799 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 82% | 68.5% | 16,361 | $17,799 |
Institutions like NJIT
Explore the federal data for institutions in NJIT's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchMaryland
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Grad rate69%Admit rate72.4%Enrollment13,906Net price$16,467View data - R1 ResearchNew Jersey
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Grad rate84%Admit rate58.1%Enrollment52,269Net price$24,406View data - R1 ResearchNew York
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Grad rate—Admit rate68.5%Enrollment9,536Net price—View data - R1 ResearchNew York
Binghamton University
Grad rate82%Admit rate38.6%Enrollment18,816Net price$21,620View data - R1 ResearchDelaware
University of Delaware
Grad rate83%Admit rate70.6%Enrollment24,412Net price$17,799View data
NJIT Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
To serve the university by transforming data into actionable knowledge.
Visit IR office page- Eugene DeessExecutive Director, Institutional Effectiveness
- Jeremy ReichAssistant Director for Assessment and Accreditation
- Xilin ZhangAssociate Director for Institutional Research
Common Data Set
NJIT's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C113,993 applied → 9,362 admitted (66.9%) → 1,762 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 66.9% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Women were admitted at 1.2× the rate of Men (73.3% vs 63.4%).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 25–32 (median 29).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C22,668 offered a waitlist spot, 363 accepted it, 331 admitted (91.2% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H550% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $31,855 on average.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I332% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~85% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D12,413 transfer applicants → 1,330 admitted (55.1%) → 676 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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