Informatics at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying informatics, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in informatics from RIT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Informatics Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Informatics
• Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics
• Master’s Degree in Informatics

Online Classes Are Available at RIT

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? RIT offers distance education options for informatics at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

RIT Informatics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the informatics progam at RIT compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The informatics major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Informatics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Informatics Associate Degree Schools	2
	3
Best Value Informatics Associate Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Informatics Associate Degree Schools	3
Best Informatics Associate Degree Schools	3
	5
Most Focused Informatics Schools	7
Most Popular Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
	10
Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Best Value Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	23
Best Value Informatics Schools	43

In 2021, 54 students received their master’s degree in informatics from RIT. This makes it the #6 most popular school for informatics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Informatics Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the informatics majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Informatics Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of informatics associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in informatics only graduates about 36% women each year. The program at RIT may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in informatics at RIT are white. Around 75% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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

RIT Informatics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Informatics from RIT in 2020-2021, 70% were men and 30% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in informatics at RIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

RIT Informatics Master’s Program

Of the 54 students who earned a master's degree in Informatics from RIT in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RIT also has a doctoral program available in informatics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences
• Information Technology

Careers That Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in informatics 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
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.