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Rochester Institute of Technology

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Rochester, NY
Population 700,000
Website http://www.rit.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 13,225
Men / Women 65% / 35%
White 53%
Hispanic 12%
Asian 9%
Black 5%
Mixed 4%
International 4%
Native American 2%
From State 45%
From Region 25%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Computer Science 27%
Arts 17%
Engineering 17%
Professional 11%
Humanities & Social Sciences 9%
Business & Economics 7%
Life & Natural Sciences 6%
Health Sciences 4%
Physical Sciences & Math 4%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $59,274
Est. Cost of Attendance $74,626
10-Year ROI $207,000
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 89%
4-Year Graduation Rate 28%
6-Year Graduation Rate 70%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,207 (8% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 198 (4% ☔)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 71%
Yield (Unbound) 9%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $49M #117
Life & Natural Sciences $20M #203
Humanities & Social Sciences $3M #210
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 42 #114
Life & Natural Sciences 21 #408
Humanities & Social Sciences 2 #553

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 49%
SAT Range 1330 – 1430
SAT Math Range 650 – 740
SAT RW Range 650 – 720
ACT Range 29 – 33

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Art and Design 422 35% / 65% 6% $59,860 94%
3D Digital Design 34 — 59% / 41% 9% $77,838 78 95%
Film and Animation 86 — 43% / 57% 0% $51,613 16 95%
Fine Arts Studio 7 +1 14% / 86% 29% $47,862 9 —
Graphic Design 50 +1 14% / 86% 0% $55,746 26 92%
Graphic Media Publishing — — — — $65,789 55 —
Illustration 47 — 19% / 81% 0% $55,746 26 92%
Industrial Design 59 — 53% / 47% 19% $55,746 26 92%
Interior Design 16 — 6% / 94% 19% $55,746 26 92%
Medical Illustration 16 — 12% / 88% 6% $69,096 62 88%
Metals and Jewelry Design — — — — $51,814 16 —
New Media Design 43 — 35% / 65% 5% $89,398 88 100%
Photographic and Imaging Arts 63 — 35% / 65% 3% $51,613 16 95%
Printmaking 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $51,376 15 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering Technology 269 79% / 21% 3% $89,054 97%
Civil Engineering Technology 41 — 80% / 20% 7% $77,998 78 95%
Computer Engineering Technology 33 +1 94% / 6% 6% $93,581 91 100%
Electrical Engineering Technology 17 +1 88% / 12% 0% $92,742 91 100%
Electrical/Mechanical Engineering Technology 25 — 88% / 12% 4% $91,990 90 96%
Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety 22 — 36% / 64% 0% $87,544 87 100%
Manufacturing Engineering Technology 11 — 91% / 9% 0% $90,040 89 —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 86 — 85% / 15% 3% $89,798 89 97%
Packaging Science 32 — 56% / 44% 0% $92,817 91 95%
Robotics and Manufacturing Engineering Technology 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $91,990 90 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences and Technology 128 25% / 75% 2% $77,050 99%
Biomedical Sciences 55 +2 29% / 71% 4% $63,011 47 99%
Nutrition Management 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $56,171 27 100%
Nutritional Sciences 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,094 45 —
Diagnostic Medical Sonography 24 +1 21% / 79% 0% $93,911 91 100%
Exercise Science 8 +1 50% / 50% 0% $61,185 42 —
Physician Assistant 35 — 17% / 83% 0% $93,911 91 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 124 45% / 55% 8% $56,038 96%
Economics 7 +9 86% / 14% 29% $82,330 83 —
Communication 7 — 14% / 86% 14% $66,237 56 —
Criminal Justice 21 +5 57% / 43% 10% $51,716 16 94%
Digital Humanities and Social Sciences 14 — 64% / 36% 0% $53,718 21 —
English 5 +3 0% / 100% 0% $49,081 11 —
History 3 +1 67% / 33% 33% $52,469 17 —
International and Global Studies 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $62,085 45 —
Journalism 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $65,437 54 —
Modern Languages 4 +1 0% / 100% 0% $53,563 20 —
Museum Studies 11 +1 9% / 91% 0% $52,764 18 —
Political Science 9 +1 78% / 22% 0% $63,760 49 —
Psychology 31 +1 35% / 65% 10% $51,725 16 97%
Public Affairs 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,883 21 —
Public Policy 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $62,087 45 —
Sociology and Anthropology 4 — 50% / 50% 25% $52,745 18 —
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $55,231 25 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 181 46% / 54% 3% $71,611 96%
Applied Mathematics 16 +3 50% / 50% 12% $88,153 87 90%
Applied Statistics and Actuarial Science 20 +2 55% / 45% 0% $89,340 88 —
Chemistry 11 +1 64% / 36% 0% $67,547 59 100%
Computational Mathematics 10 +2 70% / 30% 10% $88,153 87 90%
Imaging Science 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $73,775 71 100%
Physical Sciences 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $75,498 74 —
Physics 23 — 65% / 35% 4% $73,775 71 100%
Biochemistry 18 — 50% / 50% 0% $65,297 53 —
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,341 54 —
Biology 18 +1 39% / 61% 6% $63,011 47 99%
Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience 29 +1 28% / 72% 0% $63,542 49 92%
Environmental Science 18 +1 17% / 83% 0% $55,826 26 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences 690 83% / 17% 7% $121,322 97%
Computer Science 208 — 83% / 17% 9% $136,522 99 98%
Computing Exploration 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $99,801 94 93%
Cybersecurity 119 +1 86% / 14% 3% $136,339 99 100%
Game Design and Development 162 +1 85% / 15% 6% $99,801 94 93%
Human-Centered Computing 20 — 55% / 45% 15% $101,985 95 95%
New Media Interactive Development 25 — 76% / 24% 0% $111,288 98 100%
Software Engineering 105 — 86% / 14% 5% $122,991 99 98%
Web and Mobile Computing 45 — 89% / 11% 13% $101,985 95 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Kate Gleason College of Engineering 429 75% / 25% 5% $101,969 97%
Biomedical Engineering 54 — 57% / 43% 0% $103,407 96 100%
Chemical Engineering 37 — 57% / 43% 3% $100,264 95 92%
Computer Engineering 54 — 93% / 7% 11% $122,991 99 98%
Electrical Engineering 100 +2 86% / 14% 4% $106,905 97 —
Industrial Engineering 20 — 40% / 60% 5% $105,893 96 100%
Mechanical Engineering 164 +1 76% / 24% 7% $91,471 90 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
National Technical Institute for the Deaf 31 16% / 84% 0% $49,145 100%
American Sign Language - English Interpretation 31 — 16% / 84% 0% $49,145 11 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Rochester Institute of Technology 107 51% / 49% 5% $45,964 94%
Applied Arts and Science 107 +4 51% / 49% 5% $45,964 7 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Saunders College of Business 171 69% / 31% 9% $81,380 97%
Accounting 19 +2 68% / 32% 5% $76,778 76 100%
Digital Business 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $76,077 75 —
Finance 26 +5 81% / 19% 12% $89,375 88 95%
Global Business Management 3 — 33% / 67% 33% $76,844 76 —
Global Supply Chain Management 8 +1 75% / 25% 0% $70,193 65 96%
Hospitality and Tourism Management 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $41,308 4 92%
Management 27 +1 70% / 30% 11% $70,193 65 96%
Management Information Systems 50 +4 74% / 26% 8% $98,398 94 97%
Marketing 25 +1 56% / 44% 16% $73,239 70 100%
New Media Marketing 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $63,502 49 100%

Rankings

Engineering

It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
CubeSat Crew
Resistance Is Futile Computer Engineering
Bricked Microcontroller Brigade
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Soldering Iron Burn Victims
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Rust Belt Royalty & Co-op Cults

Computer Science

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
Co-op Purgatory
Hoodie Not Included Cybersecurity
NSA Recruiters Already Have Your Number
Pixels, Psychology, and Post-its Human-Computer Interaction
Game Engine Gurus
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? Information Technology
Cybersecurity & Cloud Titans

Physical Sciences & Math

The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
The Industrial Alchemists (Specialized Tech & Polytechnics)

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Tech Incubators

Arts

Actually Employable Aesthetes Applied Design
Where Agencies Set Up Booths
Trapped in the Render Queue Digital Arts & Photography
Pixels & Programming
Runways, Retail, and Rhinestones Fashion & Apparel
The Working Atelier
Lights, Camera, Tuition Film
Festival Circuit Royalty

Professional

The "Actually Knowing How to Build It" Crew Manufacturing
Polytechnic Powerhouses