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Art & design at RIT

RIT graduates about 144 art & design majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 41st of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $52,000 four years out, 1.15× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

88/100Standout#41 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year1446% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$52,0001.15× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1450whole school

Around RIT

The Tojo Memorial Garden, created in 1975 on the RIT campus. The Garden was crea
RIT art - Tojo Memorial GardenPhoto: Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
Dirk Englund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology EECS, Large-Scale Photonic C
PhotonicsForQuantumWorkshop2019IngleAuditoriumEnglundTalkPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Bamboo Room (03-2610) is the seat of student government at the Rochester Ins
RITBambooRoomPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018 and 50th anniversary of the Henrie
BrickCityHomecoming2018SAUAtriumPhoto: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Performing Arts Center (83), Sands Family Studios, Vignelli Center for Design Studies, University Gallery, MAGIC Spell Studios (71), Liberal Arts Hall (6).

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 127 · Academic 63 · Student housing 31 · Dining 30 · Athletics 10 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. The University of Texas–Austin 89
  2. The New School 89
  3. University of Virginia 89
  4. Purdue University–Main Campus 88
  5. New York University 88
  6. Stanford University 88
  7. Williams College 88
  8. University of Cincinnati 88

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares RIT with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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