Civil Engineering Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study civil engineering technology/technician, 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 approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year.

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

RIT Civil Engineering Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering Tech

RIT Civil Engineering Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil engineering tech 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 civil engineering tech major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil Engineering Technology. 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 Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Civil Engineering Technology Trade Schools	1
Best Civil Engineering Technology Trade Schools	3
Most Focused Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	7
Best Value Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Civil Engineering Technology Trade Schools	21
Best Value Civil Engineering Technology Schools	43

Civil Engineering Tech Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program

The civil engineering tech program at RIT awarded 56 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women. The typical civil 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 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil 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 civil engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	43
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Careers That Civil Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil 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
Civil Engineering Technicians	2,010	$61,020

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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