Find Trade Colleges

Engineering-Related Fields at Rochester Institute of Technology

Engineering-Related Fields at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying engineering-related fields, 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 has a total student population of 16,158.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering-Related Fields

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering-related fields programs across the country. The following shows how RIT performed in these rankings.

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-related fields major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering-Related Fields. 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-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 15
Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Trade Schools 15
Most Focused Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 16
Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 18

The median salary of engineering-related fields students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIT is $66,620. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $62,086 for all engineering-related fields bachelor's degree recipients.

undefined

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

48% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of engineering-related fields bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical engineering-related fields bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at RIT since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

undefined

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering-related fields 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-related fields.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 37
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Engineering-Related Fields majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rochester Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Packaging Science 46

A degree in engineering-related fields 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
Industrial Engineers 12,030 $94,700
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,330 $161,670
Professors 6,440 $112,000
Industrial Production Managers 5,310 $132,480
Engineers 4,910 $95,270

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.

Find Trade Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited trade schools across the U.S.