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Computer engineering at RIT

RIT graduates about 168 computer engineering majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 33rd of 269 schools we score for computer engineering, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $123,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $20 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#33 of 269 for computer engineering →
Graduates a year1687% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$123,0001.10× the same major nationally
Research in the field$20Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1450whole school

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Where computer engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Technology Hall (82), Center For Bioscience Education And Technology (75), Laboratory for Applied Computing (74), Engineering Hall (17).

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 computer engineering ranking

  1. Vanderbilt University 82
  2. Northwestern University 82
  3. Brigham Young University 81
  4. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 81
  5. Washington University in St. Louis 80
  6. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 80
  7. Arizona State University 80
  8. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 79

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares RIT with every school we score in computer engineering. 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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