Accounting at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study accounting, 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.

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

RIT Accounting Degrees Available

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

RIT Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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.

Accounting Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Accounting Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of accounting associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

RIT Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 21% more men than 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

RIT Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. RIT does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 58% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% 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 accounting.

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting 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
Accounting	28
Accounting and Finance	10
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	3

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• General Business/Commerce
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• International Business

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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.