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Engineering-Related Fields at Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering-Related Fields at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study engineering-related fields, 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. Of the 2,565 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021, 46 of them were engineering-related fields majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering-Related Fields section at the bottom of this page.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering-Related Fields
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering-Related Fields

The engineering-related fields major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering-Related Fields. 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.

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in engineering-related fields from RIT. This makes it the #90 most popular school for engineering-related fields master’s degree candidates in the country.

The median salary of engineering-related fields students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $66,620. This is 7% higher than $62,086, which is the national average for all engineering-related fields bachelor's degree recipients.

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

48% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 46 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering-Related Fields from RIT in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical engineering-related fields bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering-related fields 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-related fields.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 37
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

33% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in engineering-related fields from RIT. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

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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-related fields.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

RIT also has a doctoral program available in engineering-related fields. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

A degree in engineering-related fields 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
Industrial Engineers 12,030 $94,700
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,330 $161,670
Professors 6,440 $112,000
Industrial Production Managers 5,310 $132,480
Engineers 4,910 $95,270

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*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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