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Economics at Rochester Institute of Technology

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Economics at Rochester Institute of Technology

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

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,565 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021, 13 of them were economics majors.

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

RIT Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

RIT Economics Rankings

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

Economics Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Economics Bachelor’s Program

23% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The economics program at RIT awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 77% of these degrees went to men with the other 23% going to women.

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

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

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

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 63,520 $77,230
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Economics Professors 1,650 $129,370
Economists 750 $127,520
Survey Researchers 710 $74,130

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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