Graduate Programs at Rochester Institute of Technology

Graduate School Overview

Rochester Institute of Technology (referred to as RIT) is a Private, 4 years school located in Rochester, NY.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1958 - Current).

RIT Directory Information
School Name	Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Address	1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Phone	585-475-2411
Web	https://www.rit.edu
Online Application	https://www.rit.edu/admissions/apply
Financial Info	https://www.rit.edu/admissions/aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of RIT is $57,764 in average. The school has 2,675 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 16,615 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 201 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 27 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$57,764
Student Population	2,675
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	201 graduate programs (27 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at RIT is $57,764 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $2,257.

RIT offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$54,176
Required Fees	$798
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$2,257

RIT offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	27 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Rochester Institute of Technology is $57,764. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 5.08% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$45,520	$288
2019-2020	$47,522	$296
2020-2021	$50,136	$306
2021-2022	$52,092	$316
2022-2023	$54,176	$798
2023-2024	$56,884	$880

The graduate school tuition & fees of RIT is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in New York. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the New York graduate tuition is $23,176 (public) / $25,848 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Rochester Institute of Technology	$57,764
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
New York Graduate Schools	$21,016	$25,748
Public	$12,252	$23,176
Private	$25,848

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $17,216 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at RIT.

On-campus living costs are increased by 3.23% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $17,216. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.23% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$13,046	$928	$13,046	$928
2019-2020	$13,540	$946	$13,540	$946
2020-2021	$13,976	$946	$13,976	$946
2021-2022	$14,432	$946	$14,432	$946
2022-2023	$14,978	$1,700	$14,978	$1,700
2023-2024	$15,516	$1,700	$15,516	$1,700

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $2,372 at Rochester Institute of Technology. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 5.10% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,897
2019-2020	$1,980
2020-2021	$2,089
2021-2022	$2,171
2022-2023	$2,257
2023-2024	$2,372

Graduate Programs at RIT

Rochester Institute of Technology offers 93 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,304 students have completed their study at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Offered Degrees at Rochester Institute of Technology
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	68	16	1,170
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	10	0	45
Post Bachelor's Degree	15	6	89
Total	93	22	1,304

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Rochester Institute of Technology by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration program with 43 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Computer Science program with 163 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Engineering program with 13 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Rochester Institute of Technology
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	✕	43	-
Project Management	✕	13	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	10	-
School Psychology	✔	7	-
Accounting and Finance	✔	4	-

Popular Master's Programs at Rochester Institute of Technology
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer Science	✕	163	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	68	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	68	$73,100
Informatics	✔	64	-
Electrical and Computer Engineering	✕	52	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Rochester Institute of Technology
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering	✕	13	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	8	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences	✕	4	-

Rochester Institute of Technology offers 93 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,304 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,170 students have earned/completed Master's program.
89 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	10	-
Architecture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	4	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	4	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	48	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	-	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (4 completers)	341 completers	-
Informatics	✔	64	-
Information Science/Studies	✔	40	-
Computer Science	✕	163	-
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	✕	27	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✔	11	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	36	-
Education [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	15	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	19	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (2 completers)	224 completers	-
Engineering	✕	7	-
Computer Engineering	✕	23	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	10	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✔	2	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	68	$73,100
Industrial Engineering	✕	42	$71,500
Manufacturing Engineering	✔	20	-
Electrical and Computer Engineering	✕	52	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (2 completers)	79 completers	-
Telecommunications Technology/Technician	✕	19	-
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	✔	18	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	27	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✔	2	-
Packaging Science	✕	13	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✔	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Bioinformatics	✕	9	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	52 completers	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	24	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	4	-
Applied Statistics, General	✔	24	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	33 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	14	-
Financial Analytics	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	19	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	55 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	2	-
Astrophysics	✕	6	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	✔	5	-
Materials Science	✕	31	-
Psychology [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	4	-
School Psychology	✕	7	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	11	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Furniture Design and Manufacturing	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Industrial and Product Design	✕	13	-
Interior Design	✕	9	-
Graphic Design	✕	-	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	16	-
Photography	✕	8	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	6	-
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	✕	-	-
Metal and Jewelry Arts	✕	4	-
Fine Arts and Art Studies (other)	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	50 completers	-
Health and Wellness	✕	4	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	✔	13	-
Physician Assistant	✕	29	-
Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator	✕	2	-
Medical Informatics	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✔	135 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	45	$66,100
Research and Development Management	✕	-	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	4	-
Accounting	✕	-	-
Finance	✕	-	-
Tourism and Travel Services Management	✕	-	-
Human Resources Development	✔	5	-
Management Science	✔	13	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	68	-
	Total	1,170

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	8	-
Engineering [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Engineering	✕	13	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	2	-
Electrical and Computer Engineering	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	4	-
Astrophysics	✕	2	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	✕	9	-
	Total	45

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	10	-
Engineering [+]	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Applied Statistics, General	✔	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Materials Science	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	✔	1	-
Business [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Human Resources Development	✔	1	-
	Total	89

Graduate Student Population at RIT

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,675 students enrolled into Rochester Institute of Technology graduate schools where it has total 16,615 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,125 full-time and 550 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,619 male and 1,056 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,675	1,619	1,056
Full-time	2,125	1,297	828
Part-tme	550	322	228

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 914 White (34.17%), 74 Black/African American (2.77%), 110 Hispanic (4.11%), 138 Asian (5.16%), and 1,439 students with other races. 1,303 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,675	1,619	1,056
American Indian/Native American	3	1	2
Asian	138	72	66
Black/African American	74	39	35
Hispanic	110	57	53
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	914	521	393
Two More	53	32	21
Un-Known	78	41	37
Non-resident Alien	1,303	855	448

Rochester Institute of Technology offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 528 graduate students (19.74% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 892 graduate students (33.35% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,675
Enrolled Online Exclusively	528
Enrolled Some Online Courses	892
Not in Online Courses	1,255

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Rochester Institute of Technology. 1,122 students are aged 20 to 24 (41.94% of total students), 47 students are aged above 50 (1.76%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,675	1,619	1,056
Age 20-21	85	54	31
Age 22-24	1,037	618	419
Age 25-29	915	564	351
Age 30-34	313	187	126
Age 35-39	147	88	59
Age 40-49	131	79	52
Age 50-64	43	26	17
Over 64	4	3	1

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