Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

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

RIT Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in EE

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, RIT does offer online courses in EE for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

RIT Electrical Engineering Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in EE from RIT. This is the #217 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of RIT EE Graduates

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $73,256. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $69,521 for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

The EE program at RIT awarded 1 master's degree in 2020-2021.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• General Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE 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
Electrical Engineers	10,500	$103,740
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Electronics Engineers	3,630	$98,150
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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.