Student Profile

The student population in engineering is very diverse. Approximately 25% are women (one of the highest in the nation) and 12% are African-American, Hispanic, or Native American. The average SAT score for the entering class is in excess of 1300 (scores range from 850 to 1580) and the average high school class is above 90th percentile. Although a co-op program is not required, many of our students obtain summer internships or part-time engineering-related jobs.

Student Placement at Graduation

Student placement of TCNJ engineering students over the last ten years has been extremely strong and is nearly 100% at graduation most years. Amongst the many corporations that have hired TCNJ engineering students the list includes prestigious corporations such as: Boeing, CUH2A, Delaval Turbines, Delphi Technologies, General Dynamics, General Electric, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Hoechst Celanese, IBM, Ingersoll-Rand, ITT, Johnson & Johnson, L'Oreal Industries, Lockheed Martin, Merck, Mitre, Mobil, Newport News Shipbuilding, Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical,  Physical Acoustics, PSE&G, Raytheon, U.S. Steel, Washington Group, U.S. Army CECOM, and York International

Performance on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination

The Fundamentals of Engineering examination (old EIT) is the first test a graduate of an ABET accredited engineering program must pass in order to achieve registration as a Professional Engineer (PE). It is given twice a year nationally at the same time. The engineering program at TCNJ is the first engineering program in the State of New Jersey that requires (starting with 2001 graduating class) that all graduates take the exam prior to graduation (Occasionally, students have been exempted from taking the exam if they are participating in a national student design competition the same day the exam is given.)

Performance at National/International Student Project Competitions

(1) Lunar Rover (NASA Competition):

2003 - 2007: TCNJ did not enter competition
2002: First Place for Engineering Design - University Category
2001: Third Place Overall
2000: First Place Overall
1999: First Place for Engineering Design - University Category
1998: First Place Overall

(2) Solar Splash (ASME Project):

2006 - 2007: TCNJ did not enter competition
2005: IEEE Outstanding Electrical System Design Award
2004: IEEE Outstanding Electrical System Design Award and the ASME Best Technical Report award
2003: Received ASME Outstanding Systems Design Award
2002: Received IEEE Outstanding Electrical System Design Award and first place award for technical reporting
2001: First place for technical reporting; third place for interviewing/displaying (9th place overall) 
2000: First place for interviewing/displaying; second place for technical reporting (6th place overall)
1999: Rookie team with the highest score in the history of the competition; third place for technical reporting

(3) MINI-BAJA East (SAE Project):

2004: First Place Braking Category
2003: Finished Fourth Place Overall; Won four-hour Endurance Race, and as a result, received the following awards: Honda R&D Americas Best Performance Award and Flag of the 2003 Mini-Baja East Competition
2002: The TCNJ Mini-Baja finished Second Place Overall in the Mini-Baja East Competition and also received the following awards: First Place in Engineering Design Category; First Place in Land Maneuverability Category; First Place in Four-hour Long Endurance Race; Second Place in Water Maneuverability Category; Third Place in Suspension and Traction Category; Special Award from Honda R&D Americas - The Best Performance Award; Special Award from SAE - The Flag of Year 2002 Mini-Baja East Race. (TCNJ Mini-Baja also competed this year in the Mini-Baja Midwest Competition and finished seventh overall out of approximately 125 engineering schools).

2001: TCNJ entered competition with two cars (car #23, and car #40) with car #23 finishing in 6th place, and Car # 40 finishing in 9th place out of 47 entered vehicles.

Won the competition in 1991.

(4) IEEE Micro-Mouse Competition:

2006: First Place
2005: First Place
2004: Third Place

(5) ASME - Student Design Contest:

2005: Second Place in Mechanism Design Competition (San Diego, CA)
2000: Second Place (Held at Cornell University).

Student Satisfaction

Student satisfaction for the program is high, as it was independently reported by the The New York Times in an article published March 10, 1996. When asked if they would recommend the TCNJ engineering program to a friend or relative, ninety-six (96%) percent of the 1999 and ninety-one (91%) percent of the 2002 engineering graduates indicated that they would recommend a TCNJ engineering education to a friend or relative.

Program Accreditation

All Bachelor of Science degrees in engineering offered by the College of New Jersey are accredited at the full engineering level by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). EAC/ABET is the only accrediting body for engineering programs in the United States.

Alumni Satisfaction & Success

A survey conducted in 2004 indicates that TCNJ engineering graduates do better after two or more years on the job than other engineers with the same years of experience. As an example, the current salary range median for respondents who graduated between 1998 and 2000 is $60,000 to $70,000. This range exceeds the $52,504 to $55,480 median salaries for engineers with 2 to 4 years of experience beyond the BS degree reported by the Engineering Workforce Commission for the Middle Atlantic Region (NJ, NY, PA). Moreover, the survey results show that TCNJ graduates are extremely satisfied with the overall quality of their educational preparation.  54.5% rated the quality to be higher than average or much higher than average; and 99.0% rated the quality as average or above.   87.0% would recommend the programs to a relative or friend, while less than 1% said that they would not recommend the programs. To download a copy of the 2004 Alumni Survey Report, click here. A similar alumni survey conducted in 2006 reaffirmed the conclusions of the 2004 survey. To download a copy of the 2006 Alumni Survey Report, click here.

Graduate School Acceptance

Many of our students have received fellowships and scholarships to continue their graduate studies. Scholarships that our students have received include full tuition as well as a stipend that typically ranges $20,000 to $28,000 per year. Colleges and Universities that have made an offer to our graduates in the last five years include: Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania. Dartmouth College, Princeton University, Purdue University, Drexel University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Drexel University, Penn State University, University of Notre Dame, Arizona State University. A number of our students have also been admitted to a number of Law Schools as well as medical schools.