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Bachelor's · Newark, New Jersey

Is Biology, General at New Jersey Institute of Technology worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$44,164
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$70,685
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$13,500
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$80k (likely $80k – $107k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NJ
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
4.9 years (likely 3.8–6.6)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$10k (likely −$95k – $112k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$391k (likely $184k – $628k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
72%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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