by our College Data Analytics TeamEngineering is a program of study at Rochester Institute of Technology. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time undergraduates at RIT paid an average of $1,710 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $47,352 | $47,352 |
| Fees | $676 | $676 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,098 | $1,098 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,976 | $13,976 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $946 | $946 |
Learn more about RIT tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the RIT engineering bachelor’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.
Women made up around 22.4% of the engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 23.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in engineering at RIT in 2019-2020, 19.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 75 |
| Black or African American | 16 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 527 |
| International Students | 42 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 30 |
Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 66 |
| Chemical Engineering | 55 |
| Computer Engineering | 210 |
| Electrical Engineering | 138 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 185 |
*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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