Public Policy at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying public policy, 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 approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from RIT.

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

RIT Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy
• Master’s Degree in Public Policy

RIT Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy 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 public policy major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Policy. 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
Most Focused Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools	59
Most Popular Public Policy Schools	90

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in public policy from RIT. This makes it the #63 most popular school for public policy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Policy Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy from RIT in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 28% more men than 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 public policy.

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

RIT Public Policy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 public policy majors earned their master's degree from RIT. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a public policy master's degree from RIT, 78% 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 public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

Careers That Public Policy Grads May Go Into

A degree in public policy 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Legislators	6,220	$90,050
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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.