Computer Programming at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study computer programming, 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. Of the 515 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021, 23 of them were computer programming majors.

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

RIT Computer Programming Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Programming

RIT Computer Programming Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks programming programs across the country. The following shows how RIT performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The programming major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Programming. 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
	8
Most Popular Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Computer Programming Schools	127
Best Value Computer Programming Schools	158
Most Focused Computer Programming Schools	285

Programming Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Computer Programming Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in programming from RIT in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical programming bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in programming 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 programming.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

If you plan to be a programming major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rochester Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
App Specific Computer Programming	23

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Science
• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Software & Applications

Careers That Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in programming 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 Programmers	15,380	$91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200
Web Developers	12,030	$79,880

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.