Student Population at RIT

The following chart compares RIT's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York.

RIT has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 16,194 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York average (2,948 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Rochester Institute of Technology and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 10,952 male and 6,146 female students attending RIT. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.78 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at RIT.

By age, there are 15,100 students whose age under twenty five and 813 students whose age is over thirty years old at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Especially, 1,163 students are younger than eighteen and 6 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Rochester Institute of Technology.

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 4,859 students (28.42% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 540 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 318 students live in New York where Rochester Institute of Technology is located in and 205 students have enrolled from other states.