The total enrollment at New Jersey Institute of Technology is up 24% since 2013, reaching a new high of 12,600 students — but it’s the type of students enrolling that has university officials especially pleased.
Underrepresented minorities also set a new record, making up 50% of the first-year class, underscoring NJIT’s dedication to offering science, technology, education and mathematics education to traditionally marginalized groups, school officials said.
The number of first-year students identifying as Black has nearly tripled since 2013, while Hispanic first-year enrollment has reached over 30% for the second year in a row.
The largest-ever first-year class also reflects NJIT’s pursuit to enroll more women in STEM, and has again eclipsed the 30% mark for women enrollees. Freshman enrollment figures for men (1,155) and women (495) have set a new…
