General Computer & Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying general computer and information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

RIT General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences
• Doctorate Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

RIT General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT General Computer & Information Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of computer and information sciences associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

RIT does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer and information sciences graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a associate's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Informatics

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940
Computer Network Architects	8,660	$113,300
Database Administrators	7,100	$99,000

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

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