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Computer Programming at Rochester Institute of Technology

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.

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

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.

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

32% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 68% of programming bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical programming bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

The following programming concentations are available at Rochester Institute of Technology. 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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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