Engineering Technologies at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying engineering technologies, 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. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 4 students received their associate's degree in engineering tech.

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

RIT Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Engineering Tech
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

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 engineering tech at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

RIT Engineering Technologies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering tech 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 engineering tech major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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 Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	8
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	27
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	35
Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools	44
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Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	191
Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools	198
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	288
Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools	332
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools	703
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools	867

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Engineering Technologies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering tech only graduates about 14% women each year. The program at RIT may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 36% more women than average.

RIT does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering tech graduates 66% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RIT Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 286 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering tech from RIT in 2021, 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech 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 engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	189
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech 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
Mechanical Engineering Technology	107
Civil Engineering Technology	56
Engineering-Related Fields	46
Computer Engineering Technology	27
Electronics Engineering Technology	18
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	17
Environmental Control Technology	11
Industrial Production Technology	4
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	4

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	34,370	$44,350
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	22,890	$42,580
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	19,160	$59,780

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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