by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #254 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in New York, RIT came in at #15.
RIT was ranked #62 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking. This places the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. RIT was awarded this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge for this accomplishment.
RIT also ranked #5 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New York.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 39.2% of the total graduate students at RIT are women and 60.8% are men.
Of all the graduate students at RIT, around 12.9% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 48.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $52,092 | $52,092 |
| Fees | $316 | $316 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from RIT enter careers with an average starting salary of $78,927. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 35% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for RIT are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623-5603 |
| Phone: | 585-475-2411 |
| Website: | www.rit.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/RITfb |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/rittigers |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 57.0% of the graduate students at RIT took at least one online course. Approximately 21.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Astronomy & Astrophysics | 5 |
| Computer Information Systems | 15 |
| General Engineering | 16 |
| General Physical Sciences | 13 |
| Sustainability Science | 1 |
Footnotes
*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.
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