Information Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Rochester Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 53 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from RIT.

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

RIT Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

RIT Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT 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 IT major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Information Technology Schools	48
	51
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	125
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	180
Best Value Information Technology Schools	265

IT Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 IT majors earned their bachelor's degree from RIT. Of these graduates, 87% were men and 13% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at RIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences
• Informatics

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Network Architects	8,660	$113,300

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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