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Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

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

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 Software Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Software Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering

RIT Software Engineering Rankings

The computer software engineering major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Software Engineering. 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 Software Engineering Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Software Engineering Bachelor’s Program

12% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 88% of computer software engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer software engineering 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 software engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 74
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

RIT Software Engineering Master’s Program

9% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 91% of computer software engineering master's degrees went to men and 9% 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 computer software engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Computer Software Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,330 $161,670
Engineering Professors 2,900 $127,010

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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