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Rochester Institute of Technology MS in General Mechanical Engineering

General Mechanical Engineering is a concentration offered under the mechanical engineering major at Rochester Institute of Technology. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in general mechanical engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in General Mechanical Engineering from RIT Cost?

RIT Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at RIT was $2,089 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$50,136	$50,136
Fees	$306	$306

Does RIT Offer an Online MS in General Mechanical Engineering?

Online degrees for the RIT general mechanical engineering master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RIT Online Learning page.

RIT Master’s Student Diversity for General Mechanical Engineering

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 88 master’s degrees in general mechanical engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 14.8% of the general mechanical engineering students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 17.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 9.1% of the general mechanical engineering master’s degrees at RIT in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 17%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	53
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.