Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying software engineering, 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.

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

RIT Software Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering

RIT Software Engineering Rankings

Computer Software Engineering Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Software Engineering Master’s Program

9% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 91% of computer software engineering master's degrees went to men and 9% went to women.

undefined

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

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Computer Software Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software engineering 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
Software Applications Developers 52,640 $116,830
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,330 $161,670
Engineering Professors 2,900 $127,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.