Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study liberal arts / sciences and humanities, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities from RIT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? RIT offers distance education options for liberal arts / sciences and humanities at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

RIT Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts / sciences and humanities progam at RIT compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences and humanities major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities. 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
	276

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of liberal arts / sciences and humanities associate's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal arts / sciences and humanities only graduates about 35% men each year. The program at RIT may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities at RIT are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a associate's in liberal arts / sciences and humanities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

RIT Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of liberal arts / sciences and humanities bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical liberal arts / sciences and humanities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	70
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

RIT also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

If you plan to be a liberal arts / sciences and humanities major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rochester Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Liberal Arts General Studies	136

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Visual & Performing Arts

Careers That Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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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