Ying Wu College of Computing
Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 30
Program Details
The IT Administration and Security program educates students in the concepts, principles, techniques and practices needed to administer a modern IT environment and its security. Students will gain extensive practical experience doing IT administration. Security will be a component of core courses in addition to a specific security course. Those who complete the program will be well prepared to play leadership roles as database, network, security and web services administrators, as enterprise application administrators and IT administration managers.
What You Will Learn:
Students in the M.S. IT Administration & Security degree program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to the following skills:
• Network systems design, management and security.
• Network services administration.
• Wireless networks security and administration.
• Database administration and management.
• Auditing for computer security and information systems.
• Internet and higher-layer protocols.
Admissions & curriculum
Information Technology Salaries
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
Top 50 for Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Programs - U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Where do Information Technology majors work?
- IT Controls Analyst
- Cyber Security Consultant
- Security Analyst
- Web Developer
- Network Engineer
- UPS
- oXya - A Hitachi Data Systems Company
- Prudential Financial
- Optum - a UnitedHealth Group Company
- TD Ameritrade
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After graduation, I am headed to Merck & Co. for a 2 ½ year rotational program in IT. "Jake Ponulak -
The Honors College has had a tremendous impact on my college experience."Robert Gidia -
NJIT provided me with a well-rounded education in game development."Robert Gioia
Tuition Cost
How Much does it cost to Attend NJIT?
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Deek, Fadi
- Distinguished Professor
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Halper, Michael
- Professor
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Hoover, Amy
- Assistant Professor
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Kehoe, DJ
- Senior University Lecturer
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Nersesian, Eric
- Senior University Lecturer
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Sequeira, Marc
- Senior University Lecturer
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Statica, Robert
- Senior University Lecturer
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Watrous-deVersterre, Lori
- Senior University Lecturer
Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 30
Program Details
- Prepare students for productive careers and amplify their potential for lifelong personal and professional growth.
- Prepare students to conduct research with an emphasis on applied, interdisciplinary efforts that encompass architecture, design and science, including physical and life sciences, engineering, mathematics, infrastructure systems, computing information, communication technologies and management.
- Prepare students for service in urban environments and the broader society of the city, state, nation and global community by conducting public policy studies, making educational opportunities widely available and initiating community‐building projects.
- Prepare students to contribute to economic development through the state’s largest business incubator system through workforce development, joint ventures with government and the business community and the development of intellectual property.
- Prepare graduates for leadership positions as professionals and citizens.
- Provide educational opportunities for a diverse student body.
- Respond to the needs of large and small businesses, state and local governmental agencies and civic organizations.
- Partner with educational institutions at all levels to accomplish its mission.
- Advance the uses of sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics as a means of improving the quality of life.
What You Will Learn:
- Apply knowledge from computing, mathematics, statistics and management to effective Information Systems practice.
- Demonstrate the capability to analyze problems and systems and identify, define and design appropriate computing Information Systems and Information Technology solutions, tools and methodologies.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle, which includes requirements analysis, systems design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance and evaluation, and apply it to Information Systems projects that solve problems where computing solutions are appropriate.
- Function effectively on teams in order to accomplish a desired goal.
- Understand of the ethical, societal and professional responsibilities of the Information Systems professional.
- Communicate effectively in both oral and written modes.
- Identify and analyze the bidirectional impact of sociotechnical problems and computing on individuals, organizations and society, including ethical, legal, security and policy issues.
- Invoke the current techniques, skills, tools and methodologies necessary to become an effective Information Systems professional.
- Engage in continuing professional development and understand the purpose of research in the Information Systems and computing fields, and how this benefits current practice.
- Understand the processes that support the delivery and management of Information Systems within a business, managerial and organizational environment.
Admissions & curriculum
Information Systems Salaries
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
College Factual ranked NJIT the No. 1 Best Computer Information Systems College Nationally.
Where do Information Systems majors work?
- Consulting Analyst
- Logistics Specialist
- Advanced Repair Agent
- Information Technology Resident
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Google Inc.
- PJM Interconnection
- Geek Squad
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NJIT offers you the opportunity to find a field you love and dive right in without feeling pigeonholed."Yousef Abbasi -
I got the best out of my courses and landed a full-time job after my first year."Pallavi Moulick
Tuition Cost
How Much does it cost to Attend NJIT?
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Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 30
Program Details
Computer science and business management are two popular graduate programs, and many people have a hard time choosing which one to study. The Business and Information Systems program allows you to study both. You will learn both computing science and business management, which will make you more marketable. Corporations are eager to hire students who have technical and managerial skills. Being well rounded will help you get promotions and, if you like, to become a manager.
What You Will Learn:
Students will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to understanding and adapting to the rapid changes in the Information Technology field, such as analysis, design and programming, which have become "object-oriented," as Information Systems are impacted by concerns for privacy, ethics, intellectual property and compliance issues.
Admissions & curriculum
Information Systems Salaries
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
College Factual ranked NJIT the No. 1 Best Computer Information Systems College Nationally.
Where do Information Systems majors work?
- Consulting Analyst
- Logistics Specialist
- Advanced Repair Agent
- Information Technology Resident
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Google Inc.
- PJM Interconnection
- Geek Squad
-
NJIT offers you the opportunity to find a field you love and dive right in without feeling pigeonholed."Yousef Abbasi
-
I got the best out of my courses and landed a full-time job after my first year."Pallavi Moulick
Tuition Cost
How Much does it cost to Attend NJIT?
Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 12
Program Details
Covers an array of topics including information retrieval, multimedia systems, open source web design, web mining, web services, middleware, and authentication, as well a variety of media such as text, images, video, and audio — all to produce a rich, rewarding, dynamic and data-driven web experience.
What You Will Learn:
Students in the Web Systems Development Graduate Certificate Program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to the following skills:
- Java programming.
- Information retrieval.
- Web mining
Admissions & curriculum
Information Systems Salaries
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
College Factual ranked NJIT the No. 1 Best Computer Information Systems College Nationally.
Where do Information Systems majors work?
- Consulting Analyst
- Logistics Specialist
- Advanced Repair Agent
- Information Technology Resident
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Google Inc.
- PJM Interconnection
- Geek Squad
-
NJIT offers you the opportunity to find a field you love and dive right in without feeling pigeonholed."Yousef Abbasi
-
I got the best out of my courses and landed a full-time job after my first year."Pallavi Moulick
Tuition Cost
How Much does it cost to Attend NJIT?
Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 12
Program Details
Provides a comprehensive look at modern techniques and methods employed in the development and life cycle of large software systems, along with hands-on experience in managing database systems as an essential organizational resource. The Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering, Analysis, and Design aims to cover those areas in a compact program.
What You Will Learn:
Students in the Software Engineering, Analysis, and Design Graduate Certificate Program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to the following skills:
- Key software engineering principles, methods, and frameworks, including agile and lean principles, estimation, modeling, design patterns and more.
- Development of large software systems and the integration of multiple systems into a domain-dependent solution.
- The lifetime of a software system, from conception to obsolescence and replacement.
- Various software costing techniques, including COCOMO and ROI.
- Various methods of software development, including Cleanroom and Agile.
Admissions & curriculum
Information Systems Salaries
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
College Factual ranked NJIT the No. 1 Best Computer Information Systems College Nationally.
Where do Information Systems majors work?
- Consulting Analyst
- Logistics Specialist
- Advanced Repair Agent
- Information Technology Resident
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Google Inc.
- PJM Interconnection
- Geek Squad
-
NJIT offers you the opportunity to find a field you love and dive right in without feeling pigeonholed."Yousef Abbasi
-
I got the best out of my courses and landed a full-time job after my first year."Pallavi Moulick
Tuition Cost
How Much does it cost to Attend NJIT?
Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 12
Program Details
This program aims to help the end user and professional understand, design, configure and maintain the widening range of devices that have access to the Internet, from single-board computers and refrigerators to cars and thermostats. Also lays the foundation for securing networks to prevent their being compromised.
What You Will Learn:
Students in the Network Security and Information Assurance Graduate Certificate Program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to the following skills:
- Computational methods that provide secure internet communication.
- Network management technology and techniques.
- Emerging network management standards.
- Widely used security applications, schemes and practices on the internet and enterprise networks.
- Information assurance, and network and computer security concepts, applications and standards.
- Audit, control and security issues, requirements and processes in organizational information systems.
- Computer security auditing.
Admissions & curriculum
Information Systems Salaries
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
College Factual ranked NJIT the No. 1 Best Computer Information Systems College Nationally.
Where do Information Systems majors work?
- Consulting Analyst
- Logistics Specialist
- Advanced Repair Agent
- Information Technology Resident
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Google Inc.
- PJM Interconnection
- Geek Squad
-
NJIT offers you the opportunity to find a field you love and dive right in without feeling pigeonholed."Yousef Abbasi
-
I got the best out of my courses and landed a full-time job after my first year."Pallavi Moulick
Tuition Cost
How Much does it cost to Attend NJIT?
Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 12
Program Details
Provides the basics of IT administration, as well as a solid technical background in databases and networking. Students gain knowledge of the concepts, principles, techniques, and practices necessary to administer and secure a modern IT environment.
Demand for computer security specialists will grow as businesses and government continue to invest heavily in “cyber security,” protecting vital computer networks and electronic infrastructures from attack. The information security field is expected to generate many new systems administrator jobs over the next decade as firms across all industries place a high priority on safeguarding their data and systems.
What You Will Learn:
Students in the IT Administration Graduate Certificate Program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to the following skills:
- Administration of host server systems.
- Fundamentals of wireless network security and administration.
- Protocols and standards of the TCP/IP suite that govern the functions of the Internet.
- Security control risks and issues.
- Various network architecture and protocol standards.
Admissions & curriculum
Information Technology Salaries
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
Top 50 for Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Programs - U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Where do Information Technology majors work?
- IT Controls Analyst
- Cyber Security Consultant
- Security Analyst
- Web Developer
- Network Engineer
- UPS
- oXya - A Hitachi Data Systems Company
- Prudential Financial
- Optum - a UnitedHealth Group Company
- TD Ameritrade
-
After graduation, I am headed to Merck & Co. for a 2 ½ year rotational program in IT. "Jake Ponulak
-
NJIT provided me with a well-rounded education in game development."Robert Gioia
-
The Honors College has had a tremendous impact on my college experience."Robert Gidia
