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New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has improved its standing among U.S. universities and colleges by 83 spots, according to The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) College Rankings for 2020. NJIT nearly doubled its improvement compared to last year, which saw a 43 spot gain for 2019.
THE’s latest rankings of more than 800 U.S. colleges and universities have NJIT ranked #245 in the country. NJIT saw improved performance in two key areas of the ranking’s metrics: outcomes and engagement. Outcomes include graduation rate, reputation, graduate salary and debt after graduation. NJIT has seen improvements in these areas, and was recently ranked in the top 2% nationally in the Payscale College Salary Report, which measures mid-career salary. Engagement accounts for student engagement, student recommendation, student/teacher interaction and the number of accredited programs. NJIT jumped 91 and 180 spots for outcomes and engagement, respectively.
Additionally, NJIT has a top 70 position nationally for the environment metric of the ranking, which looks at various diversity metrics, such as international student ratio, ethnic and racial diversity, faculty diversity and student inclusion.
Data for THE’s 2020 rankings comes from the U.S. government Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA), the College Scorecard, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the THE U.S. Student Survey, the THE Academic Survey, and the Elsevier bibliometric dataset.
For a full breakdown of the methodology, visit https://www.timeshighereducation.com/USmethodology2020
One of only 35 polytechnic universities in the United States, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a top-tier research university that catalyzes economic growth and prepares students to become leaders in the technology-dependent economy of the 21st century. NJIT is one of only 131 universities rated an “R1” research university by the Carnegie Classification®, which indicates the highest level of research activity. NJIT conducts more than $155 million in research activity each year and has a $2.8 billion annual economic impact on the State of New Jersey. Ranked No. 1 nationally by Forbes for the upward economic mobility of its lowest-income students, NJIT also is ranked in the top 2% of colleges and universities nationally for the mid-career earnings of graduates, according to PayScale.com. NJIT is ranked No. 39 nationally by The Princeton Review as a Best Value College and is rated third in New Jersey and among the top 100 colleges and universities nationwide by the QS World University Ranking® 2021.