Optical Enginering at University of Rochester

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

University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year.

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

University of Rochester Optical Enginering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Optical Enginering

University of Rochester Optical Enginering Rankings

The optical enginering major at University of Rochester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Optical Enginering. 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.

Optical Enginering Student Demographics at University of Rochester

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the optical enginering majors at University of Rochester.

University of Rochester Optical Enginering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of optical enginering bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical optical enginering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at University of Rochester since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rochester with a bachelor's in optical enginering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	18
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering

Careers That Optical Enginering Grads May Go Into

A degree in optical enginering 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 University of Rochester.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.