Stevens Institute of Technology

Located in Hoboken, New Jersey; Stevens Institute of Technology is a private, research university founded in 1870 with a bequest from Edwin A. Stevens.  Enrollment at Stevens includes more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students.  The university is home to three national Centers of Excellence as designated by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.  The current president, Dr. Nariman Farvardin, is the seventh president of Stevens. He took office July 1, 2011.  Stevens Institute of Technology also ranks #8 among "Best Engineering Colleges By Salary Potential".

Stevens granted several Ph.D.s between 1870 and 1900, making it one of the earliest Ph.D. granting institutions in the United States.  Stevens became coeducational in 1971. The Class of 1975 matriculated 19 women, and 40 years later, women make up 25 percent of undergraduates.  Stevens is within minutes of a subway ride to New York City.

Students who applied to Stevens Institute of Technology, also looked at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and NYU Polytechnic Institute.

For more information on Stevens Institute of Technology, visit http://www.stevens.edu/sit/

Stevens Institute of Technology is located at Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ  07030 (201) 216-5000