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Rochester Institute of Technology

Basic Information

Type Private
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%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 36%
Professional 22%
Arts 17%
Life & Natural Sciences 10%
Humanities & Social Sciences 8%
Business & Economics 7%

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 (50th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,207 (8th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 198 (4th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 55%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $49M #117
Life & Natural Sciences $20M #206
Humanities & Social Sciences $3M #212
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 42 #115
Life & Natural Sciences 21 #433
Humanities & Social Sciences 2 #581

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 49%
SAT Range 1,300 – 1,460
ACT Range 29 – 33

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Art and Design 422 35% / 65% 6% $52,487
3D Digital Design 34 — 59% / 41% 9% $72,072
Film and Animation 86 — 43% / 57% 0% $47,790
Fine Arts Studio 7 +1 14% / 86% 29% —
Graphic Design 50 +1 14% / 86% 0% $51,617
Graphic Media Publishing
Illustration 47 — 19% / 81% 0% $51,617
Industrial Design 59 — 53% / 47% 19% $51,617
Interior Design 16 — 6% / 94% 19% $51,617
Medical Illustration 16 — 12% / 88% 6% $63,978
Metals and Jewelry Design
New Media Design 43 — 35% / 65% 5% —
Photographic and Imaging Arts 63 — 35% / 65% 3% $47,790
Printmaking 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Engineering Technology 269 79% / 21% 3% $81,798
Civil Engineering Technology 41 — 80% / 20% 7% $72,220
Computer Engineering Technology 33 +1 94% / 6% 6% —
Electrical Engineering Technology 17 +1 88% / 12% 0% $85,872
Electrical/Mechanical Engineering Technology 25 — 88% / 12% 4% $85,176
Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety 22 — 36% / 64% 0% $81,059
Manufacturing Engineering Technology 11 — 91% / 9% 0% —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 86 — 85% / 15% 3% $83,146
Packaging Science 32 — 56% / 44% 0% $85,942
Robotics and Manufacturing Engineering Technology 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $85,176
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Health Sciences and Technology 128 25% / 75% 2% $81,972
Biomedical Sciences 55 +2 29% / 71% 4% $58,344
Diagnostic Medical Sonography 24 +1 21% / 79% 0% $104,506
Exercise Science 8 +1 50% / 50% 0% —
Nutrition Management 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $52,010
Nutritional Sciences 5 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Physician Assistant 35 — 17% / 83% 0% $104,506
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Liberal Arts 124 45% / 55% 8% $47,890
Economics 7 +9 86% / 14% 29% —
Communication 7 — 14% / 86% 14% —
Criminal Justice 21 +5 57% / 43% 10% $47,885
Digital Humanities and Social Sciences 14 — 64% / 36% 0% —
English 5 +3 0% / 100% 0% —
History 3 +1 67% / 33% 33% —
International and Global Studies 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% —
Journalism 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Modern Languages 4 +1 0% / 100% 0% —
Political Science 9 +1 78% / 22% 0% —
Psychology 31 +1 35% / 65% 10% $47,894
Public Affairs 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Public Policy 2 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Sociology and Anthropology 4 — 50% / 50% 25% —
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Museum Studies 11 +1 9% / 91% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Science 181 46% / 54% 3% $66,830
Applied Mathematics 16 +3 50% / 50% 12% $81,623
Applied Statistics and Actuarial Science 20 +2 55% / 45% 0% —
Computational Mathematics 10 +2 70% / 30% 10% $81,623
Imaging Science 7 — 71% / 29% 0% —
Physical Sciences 5 — 60% / 40% 0% —
Physics 23 — 65% / 35% 4% —
Biochemistry 18 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 6 — 0% / 100% 0% —
Biology 18 +1 39% / 61% 6% $58,344
Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience 29 +1 28% / 72% 0% $58,835
Chemistry 11 +1 64% / 36% 0% —
Environmental Science 18 +1 17% / 83% 0% —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences 690 83% / 17% 7% $117,777
Computer Science 208 — 83% / 17% 9% $142,691
Computing Exploration 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $92,408
Human-Centered Computing 20 — 55% / 45% 15% $94,431
New Media Interactive Development 25 — 76% / 24% 0% —
Software Engineering 105 — 86% / 14% 5% $113,881
Web and Mobile Computing 45 — 89% / 11% 13% $94,431
Cybersecurity 119 +1 86% / 14% 3% $126,240
Game Design and Development 162 +1 85% / 15% 6% $92,408
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Kate Gleason College of Engineering 429 75% / 25% 5% $95,487
Biomedical Engineering 54 — 57% / 43% 0% $95,747
Chemical Engineering 37 — 57% / 43% 3% $92,837
Computer Engineering 54 — 93% / 7% 11% $113,881
Electrical Engineering 100 +2 86% / 14% 4% —
Industrial Engineering 20 — 40% / 60% 5% $99,804
Mechanical Engineering 164 +1 76% / 24% 7% $89,418
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
National Technical Institute for the Deaf 31 16% / 84% 0% $45,505
American Sign Language - English Interpretation 31 — 16% / 84% 0% $45,505
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Rochester Institute of Technology 107 51% / 49% 5% $42,559
Applied Arts and Science 107 +4 51% / 49% 5% $42,559
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Saunders College of Business 171 69% / 31% 9% $77,410
Accounting 19 +2 68% / 32% 5% $71,091
Digital Business 2 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Finance 26 +5 81% / 19% 12% $82,755
Global Business Management 3 — 33% / 67% 33% —
Global Supply Chain Management 8 +1 75% / 25% 0% $74,117
Hospitality and Tourism Management 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $38,248
Management 27 +1 70% / 30% 11% $74,117
Management Information Systems 50 +4 74% / 26% 8% $91,109
Marketing 25 +1 56% / 44% 16% $67,814
New Media Marketing 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $58,798

Rankings

Engineering, Computing & Math

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
Co-op Slaves & Production Purgatory
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
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
String Theorists
It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
CubeSat Crew
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
Hold My Solder
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Soldering Iron Burn Victims
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Rust Belt Royalty & Co-op Cults

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