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Chemical engineering at NJIT

NJIT graduates about 61 chemical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 54th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 63 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $97,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $10 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year613% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$97,0001.00× the same major nationally
Research in the field$10Ma year, NSF
Admit rate65%whole school
SAT middle 50%1220–1430whole school

Around NJIT

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Newark, NJ
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Where chemical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 30 · Dorm 9 · Student housing 6 · Athletics 5 · Dining 2 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking

  1. The University of Alabama 65
  2. Texas Tech University 65
  3. University of California, Davis 64
  4. University of Arizona 64
  5. University of South Carolina 63
  6. Case Western Reserve University 62
  7. Drexel University 62
  8. University of Massachusetts–Lowell 61

Other strong majors at NJIT

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares NJIT with every school we score in chemical engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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