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Engineering (all) at RIT

RIT graduates about 576 engineering majors a year, 24% of its graduating class. That puts it 72nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $106,000 four years out, 1.06× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $33 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#72 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year57624% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$106,0001.06× the same major nationally
Research in the field$33Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1450whole school

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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Technology Hall (82), Center For Bioscience Education And Technology (75), Student Innovation Hall (87), 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 engineering ranking

  1. University of Pittsburgh 81
  2. California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo 80
  3. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 80
  4. Drexel University 80
  5. Wake Forest University 80
  6. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 79
  7. University of Dayton 78
  8. University of California, Santa Barbara 78

Other strong majors at RIT

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares RIT with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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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