Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 24-36

Program Details

  • Offer increasing specialization within the existing knowledge base of Computer Science.
  • Address an area in which disciplinary knowledge is being discovered. The Ph.D. candidate enters as a student, progresses as an apprentice scholar and graduates as a colleague of his/her mentor.
  • Engage students in the acquisition of existing knowledge through courses selected to provide the foundation of the expertise required for scholarly inquiry at the highest scientific level.
  • Provide the intellectual breadth that allows for novel cross-disciplinary problem solving.

What You Will Learn:

  • Develop independence in research problem-solving skills at an advanced level.
  • Acquire the depth of knowledge.
  • Acquire sufficient breadth of knowledge.
  • Develop ethical reasoning skills.
  • Improve communication skills for teaching and research dissemination.
  • Understand the conduct and support of research and development.

Admissions & curriculum

24-36 Required Credits
Course listing and prerequisites
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Computer Science Salaries

$92,300

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$97,819

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

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Career Prospects

Where do Computer Science majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Software Developer
  • Data Engineer
  • Cybersecurity Architect/Consultant
  • Cloud Big Data Engineer
Top Employers
  • Bank of America
  • Verizon
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Colgate-Palmolive
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