Graduate Salary and Career Info

The Career Services and Cooperative Education team establishes strong relationships with undergraduate and graduate students throughout their college careers. Select a program's name to learn more details. Programs labeled with "ID" indicate that insufficient data exists for that data set- this can be due to low student reporting or the program is new at RIT.

Co-op and Internship Overview
The majority of RIT colleges and programs require a co-op component. Learn more about the different co-op length requirements, the approximate number of students on co-op, and average weekly earnings per college through the Co-op and Internship Overview

A majority of RIT students complete required co-op components within their academic programs. Students report their co-op and complete an evaluation at the end of their experience in order for us to track employers, locations, salaries, learning outcomes, and more.

To collect post-graduation data, the office partners with academic departments to collect this information. Through our First Destination survey, the office learns what our Tigers' plans are after graduation- their current job, starting salaries, graduate school plans, and more. Consistent with other universities, the standard time frame for data collection is up until six months after graduation. Our coordinators continue their support of recent grads in their job search process. New alumni are encouraged to fill out the survey up to six months after graduation. Average first-year salary is created from data collected the past year or the past two years when not enough data is present.

Data below is collected annually and is RIT graduate data from summer 2020 through spring 2021.

Program Co-op Min Co-op Avg Co-op Max Median First-Year Salary for RIT Graduates Average First-Year Salary for RIT Graduates
Accounting and Analytics MS ID ID ID ID ID
Accounting and Financial Analytics Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Applied and Computational Mathematics MS ID ID ID $82,500 $87,400
Applied Statistics Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Applied Statistics MS ID ID ID $97,000 $109,100
Architecture M.Arch. ID $20.36 $25.00 $53,000 $54,600
Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Artificial Intelligence MS ID ID ID ID ID
Astrophysical Sciences and Technology MS ID ID ID ID ID
Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Big Data Analytics Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Bioinformatics MS ID ID ID ID ID
Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Biomedical Engineering MS ID ID ID ID ID
Business Administration MBA ID $24.98 $50.00 $76,300 $74,600
Business Administration Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Business Administration–Executive MBA ID ID ID ID ID
Business Administration–Online Executive MBA ID ID ID ID ID
Business Analytics MS ID $24.62 $40.00 $87,500 $105,900
Ceramics MFA ID ID ID ID ID
Chemical Engineering MS ID ID ID ID ID
Chemistry MS ID ID ID ID ID
Cognitive Science Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Color Science MS ID ID ID ID ID
Color Science Ph.D. $18.00 $38.85 $52.00 ID ID
Communication MS ID ID ID ID ID
Communication Networks MS ID $27.00 $35.00 ID ID
Computer Engineering MS ID $35.55 $48.00 $98,000 $104,300
Computer Science MS ID $32.13 $57.00 $129,000 $125,300
Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D. $16.00 $40.50 $60.00 ID ID
Criminal Justice MS ID ID ID ID ID
Cybersecurity Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Cybersecurity MS ID $28.51 $52.00 $100,300 $107,700
Data Science MS ID $30.33 $70.66 $131,200 $125,400
Dietetics and Nutrition MS ID ID ID ID ID
Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Electrical Engineering MS ID $32.25 $50.00 $87,500 $86,800
Engineering Management MS ID ID ID ID ID
Engineering Psychology Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Environmental Science MS ID ID ID $40,000 $45,100
Environmental, Health and Safety Management MS ID $29.03 $35.00 $76,000 $78,600
Experimental Psychology MS ID ID ID ID ID
Film and Animation MFA ID $19.07 $21.20 ID ID
Finance MS ID ID ID $70,000 $74,200
Fine Arts Studio MFA ID ID ID ID ID
Furniture Design MFA ID ID ID ID ID
Game Design and Development MS ID ID ID $108,000 $98,300
Glass MFA ID ID ID ID ID
Global Supply Chain Management MS ID ID ID $64,800 $67,900
Health and Well-Being Management MS ID ID ID ID ID
Health Care Interpretation MS ID ID ID ID ID
Health Informatics MS ID ID ID ID ID
Hospitality Business Management MS ID ID ID ID ID
Human-Computer Interaction MS ID $29.99 $63.84 $82,000 $85,800
Imaging Science MS ID $31.67 $35.00 ID ID
Imaging Science Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Industrial and Systems Engineering MS ID $25.99 $37.02 $72,000 $70,300
Industrial Design MFA ID ID ID $65,000 $64,000
Information Technology and Analytics MS ID $25.53 $49.00 $110,000 $106,000
Lean Six Sigma Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Manufacturing and Mechanical Systems Integration MS ID $28.06 $39.38 $80,000 $85,300
Manufacturing Leadership MS ID ID ID ID ID
Materials Science and Engineering Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Materials Science and Engineering MS ID ID ID $88,000 $83,000
Mathematical Modeling Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Mechanical Engineering ME ID $28.33 $42.67 $82,000 $82,600
Mechanical Engineering MS ID ID ID $80,000 $79,200
Medical Illustration MFA ID $28.27 $30.00 ID ID
Metals and Jewelry Design MFA ID $24.40 $36.00 ID ID
Microelectronic Engineering MS ID $49.00 $52.00 $90,000 $89,300
Microsystems Engineering Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Organizational Leadership and Innovation MS ID ID ID ID ID
Packaging Science MS ID $30.65 $38.13 $85,000 $86,300
Photography and Related Media MFA ID ID ID ID ID
Physics MS ID ID ID ID ID
Physics Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Print and Graphic Media Science MS ID $20.92 $25.00 $75,000 $65,200
Product Development MS ID $37.40 $45.67 $96,000 $97,800
Professional Studies MS ID ID ID ID ID
Project Management Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Project Management MS ID ID ID ID ID
Science, Technology and Public Policy MS ID ID ID $75,000 $76,600
Secondary Education of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing MS ID ID ID ID ID
Smart Cities Construction Management MS ID ID ID ID ID
Software Engineering MS ID $30.01 $53.08 $129,500 $128,000
Sustainability Ph.D. ID ID ID ID ID
Sustainable Systems MS ID $27.19 $35.00 $66,000 $64,300
Technology Entrepreneurship Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship MS ID ID ID ID ID
Vibrations Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Visual Arts–All Grades (Art Education) MST ID ID ID ID ID
Visual Communication Design MFA ID $25.94 $56.00 $80,000 $90,500
Web Development Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID
Workplace Learning and Instruction Adv. Cert. ID ID ID ID ID