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Engineering Technologies at Rochester Institute of Technology

Engineering Technologies at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study engineering technologies, 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 Engineering Technologies section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Engineering Tech
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering Tech

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 engineering tech at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

RIT Engineering Technologies Rankings

The engineering tech major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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.

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Engineering Technologies Associate’s Program

13% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 88% of engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering tech at RIT are white. Around 75% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

RIT Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

19% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 81% of engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech 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 engineering tech.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 32
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 32
White 168
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 19

RIT Engineering Technologies Master’s Program

23% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 77% of engineering tech master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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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 master's in engineering tech.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 26
International Students 17
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rochester Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering Technology 107
Engineering-Related Fields 58
Civil Engineering Technology 56
Electronics Engineering Technology 36
Environmental Control Technology 33
Computer Engineering Technology 27
Industrial Production Technology 21
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 17
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 4
Construction Engineering Technology 2

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 34,370 $44,350
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 22,890 $42,580
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 19,160 $59,780

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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