Information Science at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying information science, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in IS.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IS

Online Classes Are Available at RIT

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? RIT offers distance education options for IS at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

RIT Information Science Rankings

IS Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Information Science Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a master's degree in IS from RIT. About 70% were men and 30% were women.

In the IS master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a master's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Science

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in IS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Science Professors	3,030	$105,860
Computer and Information Research Scientists	1,430	$131,220

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.