Rochester Institute of Technology Computer Science Programs

Located in Rochester, New York, Rochester Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution. Rochester is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Where Is Rochester Institute of Technology?

Contact details for RIT are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Phone:	585-475-2411
Website:	www.rit.edu

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How Do I Get Into RIT?

You can apply to RIT online at: www.rit.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for RIT

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into RIT?

With an acceptance rate of 67%, RIT does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 60% of accepted students are men and 40% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 68%.

Average Test Scores

About 45% of students accepted to RIT submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 710. Math scores were between 640 and 740.

RIT received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 34. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

Can I Afford Rochester Institute of Technology?

The overall average net price of RIT is $45,975. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At RIT, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $9,936 a year. That adds up to $39,744 over four years for those students.

Rochester Institute of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,000 undergraduate students at RIT, with 12,742 being full-time and 1,258 being part-time.

There are also 2,790 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,742 full-time undergraduates at RIT, 66% are male and 34% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rochester Institute of Technology students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,428
Black or African American	660
Hispanic or Latino	1,104
White	8,150
International Students	594
Other Races/Ethnicities	806

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Rochester Institute of Technology. At this time, 45 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 100 countries are represented at RIT. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Rochester Institute of Technology

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 48 master’s degree programs available online at RIT. In 2022-2023, 6,698 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at RIT has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of RIT majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	27%
General Information Science	75%
Informatics	8%

Rochester Institute of Technology Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	0	186	0	163	0	349
Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation	0	152	0	27	0	179
Computer & IS Security	0	68	10	36	0	114
Informatics	2	19	0	64	0	85
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration	0	0	43	0	0	43
General Information Science	0	0	0	40	0	40
Information Technology	0	31	0	0	0	31
App Specific Computer Programming	0	27	0	0	0	27
General Computer & Information Sciences	7	0	0	0	8	15
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	0	0	0	11	0	11
Artificial Intelligence	0	0	3	0	0	3
Web & Multimedia Design	0	0	2	0	0	2
TOTAL	9	483	58	341	8	899

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

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