Mechanical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you plan to study mechanical engineering, take a look at what Rochester Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 16,158 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 students received their master's degree in ME.

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

RIT Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ME

RIT Mechanical Engineering Rankings

ME Student Demographics at RIT

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

RIT Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 69 students who graduated with a master’s in ME from RIT in 2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from RIT, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	48
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• General Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Computer Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Aerospace Engineers	320	$115,420

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.