NJIT is Number 2 on College Factual's List of Best Civil Engineering Programs Nationwide

For the second year in a row, the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is ranked number two in the nation by College Factual, a data analytics and research company that focuses on outcomes. Only Georgia Tech is ranked higher on the list of 206 programs evaluated, while MIT is third.

The university’s CEE program is ranked number one in the country for veterans, and in the top 20 for popularity and graduates’ earnings.

In its 2020 report, the company described NJIT as “among your best bets if you're planning on studying Civil Engineering. Civil engineering students from New Jersey Institute of Technology get an earnings boost of approximately 15.2% above the average earnings of civil engineering graduates.”

“We are pleased that College Factual’s ranking continues to recognize our civil engineering program for its top quality and impact on the success of its graduates, said Taha Marhaba, chairman of NJIT's CEE department.

He added, “I attribute that success to a number of factors: faculty, staff and Industrial Advisory Board members who continually strive to improve the program;  a significant investment in new infrastructure, such as laboratories with cutting-edge instruments; hands-on skills training, including building information modeling for multi-disciplinary design, detailing, engineering and construction; capstone design courses that immerse our students in real-world problems in the region, working on civil infrastructure with professional engineers.”

College Factual’s metrics include the caliber of the student body, educational resources and graduation and retention rates, as well as post-graduate earnings, among others, “metrics that measure the overall success of a graduate’s educational and career life-cycle,” Marhaba noted.

In addition to its annual rankings, the data analytics company provides information designed to help students make decisions about college, including average student loan debt per student and default rates; how well colleges retain and graduate students; graduates' starting salaries and earning potential; and return on investment based on cost of a degree.

Civil Engineering ranks 21 out of 121 college majors in regards to projected salary.