+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at New Jersey Institute of Technology rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($18.0k → $20.0k).
New Jersey · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
NJIT
Newark, New Jersey. 8,762 undergraduate students. 113 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at NJIT
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at New Jersey Institute of Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.7% → 0.0%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at New Jersey Institute of Technology rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($34.0k → $37.7k).
+39%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at New Jersey Institute of Technology are 39% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($84.3k vs $60.7k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Jersey
Each tile compares this institution to the New Jersey median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$84,276+21% · 6→10y
New Jersey median $46,742$69,591
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry73.1%+96% · '97→'24
New Jersey median 62.0%$17,500+300% · '97→'20
At program completion8,762+103% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS90.7%+13% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time66.9%-25% · '01→'09
latest cohort$19,022+197% · '00→'24
out-of-state $35,934SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.8%Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $84,276 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+96%
NJIT · completion · 150% rose
37.1% → 72.8%
+210%
NJIT · completion · 100% rose
5.5% → 17.2%
+13%
NJIT · retention rose
79.0% → 89.5%
+103%
NJIT · undergrad enrollment rose
4,442 → 9,019
+197%
NJIT · in-state tuition rose
$6,730 → $19,974
+240%
NJIT · out-of-state tuition rose
$11,066 → $37,664
+300%
NJIT · median debt rose
$5,250 → $21,000
-100%
NJIT · cohort default rate fell
3.9% → 0.0%
+43%
NJIT · pell share rose
27.7% → 39.6%
+21%
NJIT · earnings_median_10yr rose
$69,800 → $84,276
+37%
NJIT · earnings_median_6yr rose
$50,700 → $69,591
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Information Science/Studies.$123,609Business Administration, Management and Operations.$123,540Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$121,989Computer and Information Sciences, General.$115,802Engineering-Related Fields.$107,013Computer Engineering.$106,873Computer and Information Sciences, General.$103,126Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$103,062Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$101,893Information Science/Studies.$98,843Civil Engineering.$95,410Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$94,193Industrial Engineering.$91,936Mathematics.$91,649Chemical Engineering.$91,383Engineering Technology, General.$88,346Mechanical Engineering.$87,372Civil Engineering.$85,574Business Administration, Management and Operations.$79,260Architecture.$78,886Biology, General.$77,048Architecture.$69,235Architecture and Related Services, Other.$59,927Graphic Communications.$51,686
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
24 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
Mechanical Engineering.$87,372Civil Engineering.$85,574Civil Engineering.$95,410Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$94,193Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$101,893Chemical Engineering.$91,383Computer Engineering.$106,873Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$121,989Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$103,062Industrial Engineering.$91,936
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at NJIT
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,303,667
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,317
- HS-only baseline · NJ
- $41,700
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 11
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in New Jersey
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“NJIT graduates earn $X” — not “NJIT makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending NJIT caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.