Industrial Design

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$60,000

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$65,757

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

Value Colleges recently ranked Industrial Design as the 16th Best Value for Undergraduate Programs in the U.S. NASAD accredited.

What do Industrial Design majors do?

Skill Set

Industrial designers creatively blend art and design, business, materials science, engineering, and computer technology to create products, solve problems, add value to our lives, and humanize the objects, processes, services and systems used daily by everyone. As an industrial designer, not only are you responsible for the creation of beautiful, functional objects, you will be called upon to create products capable of eliciting emotional responses, directly affecting the quality of life and standard of living for people around the world.

Career Prospects

Where do Industrial Design majors work?

Common Job Titles

Toy Designer
Furniture Designer
Product/Industrial Designer
Lighting Designer
Exhibit Designer

Top Employers

American Design Club
Artistic Tile
Cambridge Silversmiths
Dauphin North America
Enchanté Lites

What our students are saying

NJIT gave me both the skills and community I needed to grow as a designer."

Renee Collins
NJIT also gave me a passion for 3D printing and additive manufacturing."

Ben Ruoff
I enjoyed new and challenging projects that pushed me to learn more in the field of product design."

Richard Wan