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General Psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology

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General Psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study general psychology, 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. In 2021, 24 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from RIT.

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

RIT General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

RIT General Psychology Rankings

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

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 psychology major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 466
Most Popular General Psychology Schools 990

Earnings of RIT Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $29,661. This is 4% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Psychology Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from RIT. About 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 10
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 11,370 $94,140
Psychology Professors 4,840 $99,690
Psychologists 480 $99,640

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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