Mechanical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 137 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from RIT.

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

RIT Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME

RIT Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how RIT performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	101
	121

In 2021, 69 students received their master’s degree in ME from RIT. This makes it the #28 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of RIT ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $67,544. This is 4% higher than $65,190, which is the national average for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 137 students earned a bachelor's degree in ME from RIT. About 23% of these graduates were women and the other 77% were men. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	116
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

RIT Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 69 ME students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from RIT, about 80% were men and 20% were women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from RIT, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	48
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• General Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Aerospace Engineers	320	$115,420

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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