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Electrical & computer engineering at RIT

RIT graduates about 387 electrical & computer engineering majors a year, 15% of its graduating class. That puts it tied for 50th of 271 schools we rank for electrical & computer engineering, a strong program at 7.5 out of 10. Graduates in the major earn a median $116,000 four years out, 1.12× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $8 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

7.5/10StrongT-50 of 271 for electrical & computer engineering →
Graduates a year38715% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$116,0001.12× the same major nationally
Research in the field$8Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1450whole school

Around RIT

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Where electrical & 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 electrical & computer engineering ranking

  1. Stony Brook University–SUNY 7.7
  2. University of Dayton 7.6
  3. University of Arizona 7.6
  4. University of Pittsburgh 7.6
  5. George Mason University 7.5
  6. University of Colorado Boulder 7.5
  7. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 7.5
  8. Washington University in St. Louis 7.4

Other strong majors at RIT

How the score works

The score is out of 10 and compares RIT with every school we rank in electrical & computer engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (30%), research spending in electrical engineering (30%, NSF; at least its usual share of the school's EE and computer science research, since joint EECS departments report it either way), the student body's test scores (20%), how many undergraduate courses the department lists, where counted (15%), and the number of graduates in the major (5%; schools file EE and computer engineering under different codes, so the count says little). Pay is compared after a half adjustment for state price levels (BEA), since many graduates move. A program needs at least 15 graduates a year (or 8, with research spending in the field in the top quarter) and data about the program itself (its own graduates' pay, its course catalog or research in the field) to be ranked; school-wide numbers alone never rank a program. Missing inputs drop out and the rest are reweighted. Scores run 0–10 against the other ranked schools: 8.0+ is a standout program, 6.5+ strong, 4.5+ solid. Schools with the same score share a rank. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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