Informatics at Rochester Institute of Technology

Every informatics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the informatics program at Rochester Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Informatics Degrees Available

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

RIT Informatics Rankings

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

Informatics Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Informatics Associate’s Program

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

RIT does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in informatics graduates 2% 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 informatics.

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

RIT Informatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of informatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical informatics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in informatics 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 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its informatics 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 informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RIT Informatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of informatics master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% women graduate in informatics each year. RIT does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 14% more women than 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 informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences
• Information Technology

Careers That Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in informatics 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 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.