Business Administration & Management at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study business administration and management, 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 has a total student population of 16,158. In 2021, 36 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from RIT.

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

RIT Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Business Administration
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at RIT

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

RIT does offer online education options in business administration for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

RIT Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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 Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	73
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	114
Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Basic Certificate Schools	194
	346
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	692
	701
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	752

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in business administration from RIT. This makes it the #699 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of RIT Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $39,469. This is less than $41,334, which is the national average of all business administration majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Business Administration Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Business Administration & Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of business administration associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

RIT does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business administration graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

RIT Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from RIT. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

RIT Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at RIT awarded 31 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

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

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Retail Sales Supervisors	66,620	$50,640
Management Analysts	47,580	$111,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310

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.