NJIT Among Top Third of National Universities in 2021 U.S. News Ranking
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) once again is ranked among the top third of National Universities in the signature category of the 2021 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s college and university rankings. NJIT tied the University of South Carolina, the University of Vermont and others for the #118 spot out of nearly 400 schools within the National Universities classification.
“What’s most notable about NJIT’s U.S. News ranking is that our most direct measures of student success continue to improve,” noted Fadi P. Deek, NJIT’s provost and senior executive vice president. “Our graduation rate increased by two percentage points, and the graduation rate for our Pell Grant students, who are from low-income households, went up by 3 percent. In addition, our peer reputation score climbed for the second time in the last three years, and our overall score calculated by U.S. News increased by six points over last year.”
Each year, U.S. News ranks colleges and universities throughout the country based upon graduation and retention rates, social mobility, academic reputation, faculty resources, selectivity, student resources, alumni giving and graduate indebtedness. For a full description of U.S. News’ methodology, visit https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calc....
This year, NJIT also appeared on the following lists within the U.S. News rankings: Best Undergraduate Business Programs, Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs, Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs, Top Public Schools and Best Social Mobility.
In addition to its U.S. News rankings, NJIT is proud to be #1 nationally, according to Forbes, for the percentage of those students who rise from the lowest quintile of family income to the highest quintiles of income 10 years after graduation. NJIT also is rated an R1 research university by the Carnegie Classification, which is the highest possible ranking. And Payscale.com ranks NJIT #43 out of more than 4,000 universities (top 2 percent) for the mid-career earnings of our graduates.
