Summary Information about the Computer Science Department is available at CS at NJIT Fact Link.

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1. Rankings of the CS Department at NJIT (CS@NJIT rankings)

• RR1. (2020 National Taiwan University Rankings in Computer Science). CS@NJIT ranked 21@USA and 97@World in the 2020 NTU Rankings in Computer Science , improving upon the rankings of the previous year. Prior year rankings are also available through the cited URL. See also the 2020 NTU Rankings for all NJIT ranked programs . Below national data are extractable from World ranking data. Programs not ranked are not listed.

  NTUR USA Rankings of NJIT programs: 2013-2020

  YEAR	CS	ElecEng.	Engineering	ChemEng.	CivilEng	MechEng.
  2020	21	27	>71	>56	>68	>62
  2019	23	31	>71	>56	>68	>62
  2018	30	38				48
  2017	37	44				55
  2016	43	49
  2015	50
  2014	50
  2013	61

  NTUR World Rankings of NJIT programs: 2013-2020

  YEAR	CS	ElecEng.	Engineering	ChemEng	CivilEng	MechEng
  2020	97	114	301-350	401-450	401-450	351-400
  2019	108	121	301-350	401-450	401-450	301-350
  2018	128	144	301-350	401-450	351-400	301-350
  2017	136	165	351-400	-	-	223
  2016	146	181	-	-	-	238
  2015	155	176	-	-	-	195
  2014	150	203	-	-	-	225
  2013	184	251	-	-	-	244

• RR2. (2015 CWCU/Shangai Jiao Tong U /Academic Ranking of World Universities in Computer Science). CS@NJIT ranked 40-48@USA and 76-100@World in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities in Computer Science. (Link might not work any more.) Afterwards, CWCU (previously ARWU) started publishing the Shanghai Rankings (see next item). The latter rankings imply a combined ranking of Computer Science and Computer Engineering though. (At NJIT the two programs are housed in two different departments of two different colleges.) Note that national rankings were manually extracted from world rankings for 2015 and 2014. RR3. (2017 ShanghaiRankings.) The combined (Computer Science & Computer Engineering)@NJIT ranked 201-300@World in the 2017 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Computer Science & Engineering . (Link might not work any more.) NJIT Profiles and rankings (as of 2021). (Link might not work any more.)

  World Rankings by Shanghai Rankings (nee CWCU/ARWU)

  YEAR	CS and Engineering	Elec.Eng.	Chem.Eng.	NJIT
  2020	101-150	151-200	301-400	901-1000
  2017	201-300	-	-	501-600

• RR4. (2010 NRC survey.) CS@NJIT ranked 66-104@USA in The National Research Council (NRC) rankings of doctoral CS programs in the US extracted from its 2010 survey (data as available in a report in chronicle.com). NRC ranks US Computer Science programs periodically (every 10 or so years). According to NRC, the Computer Science Department at NJIT is ranked somewhere between rank 66 and rank 104th out of 128 doctoral programs in the US in its most recent (2010) survey.
  • Based on research criteria alone, CS@NJIT ranks 41-97@USA,
  • based on student support criteria CS@NJIT ranks 89-115@USA,
  • based on diversity criteria CS@NJIT ranks 69-116@USA, and
  • based on "programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch" CS@NJIT ranks 70-104@USA.
• RR5. (2018-2021 US News & World Report rankings.) CS@NJIT ranked 91st nationally out of 188 doctoral programs in the 2018 US News & World Report (USNWR) rankings of doctoral CS programs. In 2014-2017 CS@NJIT ranked 90@USA out of 177 doctoral programs (same ranking obtained in later 2013). In 2010-2013, CS@NJIT ranked 91@USA.

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2. Rankings of NJIT

• IR1. (2013 Payscale.com ROI rankings) NJIT ranked in the top 2% (27th out of 1486 colleges) in ROI (in-state tuition data used) or ranked 36th out of 1486 colleges if out-of-state tuition data are used.
• IR2-2020. (2020 US News & World Report) NJIT ranked 97th in the 2020 US News and World Report rankings published in September 2019 based on 2018 data.
• IR2-2021. (2021 US News & World Report) NJIT ranked 118th in 2021 US News and World Report rankings published in September 2020 based on 2019 data. US News and World Report NJIT Profile.

• IL3. Top American Research Universities study with links to various year studies..
• IL4. NSF NCSES NJIT Academic Institution Profile.
• IL5. The Department of Education's College Navigator and Department of Education's College Navigator NJIT entry.
• IL6. ASEE ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Engineering by the Numbers link. Here is the ASEE Institute Profile page.

• NL1. NJIT Factbook The NJIT Institutional Research and Planning web-site, contains detailed NJIT Enrollment data in its NJIT factbook.
• NL2. NJIT Registrar information is through the NJIT Registrar's Web-page.

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3. CS Department Enrollment Figures

• CS Factbook Recent year CS Department Enrollment Data (after 2012) are available in the NJIT CS Department Fact page.
• NJIT Factbook NJIT's Institutional Research and Planning web-site contains detailed NJIT Enrollment data .

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