Bioinformatics at Rochester Institute of Technology
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 Bioinformatics section at the bottom of this page.
RIT Bioinformatics Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Bioinformatics
- Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics
RIT Bioinformatics Rankings
The bioinformatics major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bioinformatics. 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.
Bioinformatics Student Demographics at RIT
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioinformatics majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.
RIT Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program
About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics 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 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioinformatics 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 bioinformatics.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
RIT Bioinformatics Master’s Program
In the bioinformatics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 13% better 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 master's in bioinformatics.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Related Majors
Careers That Bioinformatics Grads May Go Into
A degree in bioinformatics 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 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.