Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study computer science, 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.

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

RIT Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? RIT offers distance education options for computer science at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

RIT Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	131
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

RIT Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 29% went 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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 Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Programmers	15,380	$91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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

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