Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Rochester, NY
Population 700,000
Map of the United States

Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 13,201
Men / Women 65% / 35%
From State 45%
From Region 25%
Athletes 5.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 60%
Asian 12%
Hispanic 10%
Black 6%
Mixed 6%
International 4%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Art and Design 371 36% / 64% 5% $59,447 34 94%
3D Digital Design 34 +1 53% / 47% 3% $76,066 74 95%
Film and Animation 67 +1 40% / 60% 3% $50,347 12 95%
Fine Arts Studio 15 33% / 67% 7% $45,816 7
Graphic Design 46 26% / 74% 2% $54,378 20 92%
Graphic Media Publishing $76,066 74
Illustration 39 18% / 82% 3% $54,378 20 92%
Industrial Design 50 54% / 46% 12% $54,378 20 92%
Interior Design 21 19% / 81% 0% $54,378 20 92%
Medical Illustration 12 8% / 92% 0% $67,484 57 88%
Metals and Jewelry Design $50,589 12
New Media Design 47 34% / 66% 2% $87,272 86 100%
Photographic and Imaging Arts 40 38% / 62% 12% $50,347 12 95%
Printmaking $48,277 9
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering Technology 134 69% / 31% 1% $88,591 87 97%
Civil Engineering Technology $76,199 74 95%
Computer Engineering Technology $91,423 89 100%
Electrical Engineering Technology 12 92% / 8% 0% $89,869 88 96%
Electrical Engineering Technology $90,603 88 100%
Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety 10 40% / 60% 0% $85,525 84 100%
Manufacturing Engineering Technology $88,368 87
Mechanical Engineering Technology 74 82% / 18% 1% $87,727 86 97%
Packaging Science 38 45% / 55% 0% $90,677 88 95%
Robotics and Manufacturing Engineering Technology $89,869 88 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences and Technology 132 18% / 82% 2% $73,743 70 99%
Biomedical Sciences 64 23% / 77% 3% $61,610 41 99%
Nutrition Management $54,896 21 100%
Nutritional Sciences 5 0% / 100% 0% $61,144 39
Diagnostic Medical Sonography 22 0% / 100% 0% $91,720 89 100%
Exercise Science 9 67% / 33% 11% $59,160 33
Physician Assistant 32 9% / 91% 0% $91,720 89 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 134 30% / 70% 3% $55,160 22 96%
Economics 3 +7 67% / 33% 0% $76,308 74
Communication 7 43% / 57% 0% $71,759 66
Digital Humanities and Social Sciences 15 47% / 53% 7% $53,157 17
English 8 +7 38% / 62% 0% $50,935 13
History 5 +1 80% / 20% 0% $53,102 17
International and Global Studies 5 +5 0% / 100% 0% $65,293 51
Journalism 4 50% / 50% 0% $70,770 64
Modern Languages 3 +8 67% / 33% 0% $54,279 19
Museum Studies 9 0% / 100% 0% $51,812 14
Philosophy 3 100% / 0% 0%
Political Science 6 +3 33% / 67% 17% $66,012 53
Psychology 40 18% / 82% 5% $50,509 12 97%
Public Affairs 3 33% / 67% 0% $54,555 20
Public Policy 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% $64,681 50
Sociology and Anthropology 7 14% / 86% 0% $52,741 16
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies +1 $56,584 26
Criminal Justice 14 21% / 79% 0% $50,509 12 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 210 53% / 47% 1% $72,323 67 96%
Applied Mathematics 20 +2 40% / 60% 0% $86,190 85 90%
Applied Statistics and Actuarial Science 23 +3 65% / 35% 4% $86,893 86
Chemistry 16 69% / 31% 0% $66,098 53 100%
Computational Mathematics 18 +5 67% / 33% 0% $86,190 85 90%
Imaging Science 17 +1 76% / 24% 0% $72,193 67 100%
Physical Sciences 10 30% / 70% 0% $74,787 72
Physics 32 +1 72% / 28% 3% $72,193 67 100%
Biochemistry 13 38% / 62% 0% $64,659 50
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 6 17% / 83% 0% $67,021 56
Biology 14 +1 29% / 71% 0% $61,610 41 99%
Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience 28 +1 39% / 61% 0% $62,130 42 92%
Environmental Science 13 38% / 62% 0% $55,877 24
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences 790 84% / 16% 4% $117,046 98 97%
Computer Science 231 +3 83% / 17% 5% $133,311 99 98%
Computing Exploration 5 60% / 40% 20% $97,454 93 93%
Cybersecurity 117 +2 83% / 17% 3% $133,133 99 100%
Game Design and Development 206 83% / 17% 6% $97,454 93 93%
Human-Centered Computing 23 +1 43% / 57% 0% $99,587 94 95%
New Media Interactive Development 13 +2 77% / 23% 0% $108,671 97 100%
Software Engineering 117 91% / 9% 2% $120,181 99 98%
Web and Mobile Computing 78 92% / 8% 4% $99,587 94 95%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Kate Gleason College of Engineering 552 77% / 23% 3% $99,233 93 97%
Biomedical Engineering 42 +1 40% / 60% 5% $101,044 94 100%
Chemical Engineering 31 74% / 26% 3% $97,973 93 92%
Civil Engineering 52 83% / 17% 2%
Computer Engineering 58 +1 90% / 10% 5% $120,181 99 98%
Computer Hardware Engineering 33 82% / 18% 6%
Electrical Engineering 76 86% / 14% 4% $105,777 96
Electrical Engineering 16 +1 94% / 6% 0%
Industrial Engineering 22 64% / 36% 14% $103,474 95 100%
Mechanical Engineering 187 +1 77% / 23% 2% $89,381 87 96%
Robotics Engineering 35 69% / 31% 3%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
National Technical Institute for the Deaf 27 7% / 93% 0% $48,139 9 100%
American Sign Language - English Interpretation 27 7% / 93% 0% $48,139 9 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Rochester Institute of Technology 109 48% / 52% 3% $44,911 6 94%
Applied Arts and Science 109 +3 48% / 52% 3% $44,911 6 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Saunders College of Business 181 62% / 38% 10% $82,125 81 98%
Accounting 14 +1 64% / 36% 0% $74,942 72 100%
Digital Business 1 100% / 0% 0% $76,614 75
Finance 32 +2 69% / 31% 22% $87,238 86 95%
Global Business Management 3 100% / 0% 0% $81,993 81
Global Supply Chain Management 12 58% / 42% 0% $68,514 59 96%
Hospitality and Tourism Management 3 33% / 67% 0% $40,320 3 92%
Management 12 50% / 50% 17% $68,514 59 96%
Management Information Systems 65 +5 68% / 32% 11% $96,045 92 97%
Marketing 29 +1 48% / 52% 7% $71,487 66 100%
New Media Marketing 10 50% / 50% 0% $61,992 42 100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $65,692
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

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

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).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Computer Science 29.9% 790 84% / 16% 4% $117,046 98 97%
Engineering 20.9% 552 77% / 23% 3% $99,234 93 97%
Arts 14.1% 371 36% / 64% 5% $59,448 34 94%
Humanities & Social Sciences 8.6% 226 38% / 62% 3% $50,158 11 95%
Business & Economics 7.0% 184 62% / 38% 10% $82,030 81 98%
Professional 5.6% 148 65% / 35% 1% $84,989 84 97%
Physical Sciences & Math 5.2% 136 62% / 38% 1% $78,064 77 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.7% 125 29% / 71% 2% $62,303 43 97%
Health Sciences 3.4% 90 12% / 88% 1% $75,390 73 100%
Agriculture & Food Science 0.7% 18 28% / 72% 0% $57,340 28

Research R2

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $33.2M #125 41% $1.3M 25 #118 172 7
Physical Sciences & Math $18.8M #135 64% $0.6M 24 #111 161 25
Computer Science $12.5M #73 72% $0 14 #71 130
Education $5.2M #97 86% $0
Humanities & Social Sciences $4.1M #211 36% $0.0M
Life & Natural Sciences $3.0M #224 78% $0
Health Sciences $1.2M #230 100% $0
Business & Economics $0.2M #285 4% $0
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 $0 2 #102
Total $78.1M #169 56% $2.0M 65 #231 463 32

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

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

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 63% 77% 67%
Early Decision 65% 79% 69%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 49%
SAT Range 1310 – 1440
SAT Math Range 640 – 730
SAT RW Range 650 – 730