Medical Illustration & Informatics at Rochester Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a medical illustration school? To help you decide if Rochester Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical illustration program.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158. Of the 2,565 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021, 13 of them were medical illustration and informatics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Illustration & Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Medical Illustration & Informatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Illustration
• Master’s Degree in Medical Illustration

Online Classes Are Available at RIT

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? RIT offers distance education options for medical illustration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

RIT Medical Illustration & Informatics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the medical illustration progam at RIT compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical illustration major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Medical Illustration & Informatics. 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 Value Medical Illustration & Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	76

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in medical illustration from RIT. This makes it the #55 most popular school for medical illustration master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Medical Illustration Graduates from RIT Make?

The median salary of medical illustration students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $37,728. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,042 for all medical illustration students.

Medical Illustration Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 medical illustration majors earned their bachelor's degree from RIT. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women.

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

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

RIT Medical Illustration & Informatics Master’s Program

Of the 7 medical illustration students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from RIT, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

In the medical illustration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Allied Health Professions

Careers That Medical Illustration Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical illustration 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
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

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.