$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.

Degrees Offered

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

Meet some Industrial Design students

“My current interests involve using art and design as a tool for social change.”

Andrew Carter

“My aim is to use design as a vehicle to understand and create positive social change.”

Jenna Stuiso

“I represent my major in the Industrial Design Student Association. We are like a family and stick together.”

Cassidy Lavine
Class of 2019

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