Dreams take flight at RIT
Matteo Bracco
RIT’s student body is a diverse community of nearly 19,000 students enrolled in more than 200 programs of study across nine colleges and two degree-granting units.
About 4,300 first-year, transfer, and graduate students began pursuing their dreams on RIT's main campus last fall. They joined an increasingly diverse community of nearly 19,000 students enrolled in more than 200 programs of study across nine colleges and two degree-granting units.
The university’s two biggest colleges are Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, with nearly 4,600 students, and Kate Gleason College of Engineering, with more than 3,600 students.
Global enrollment in RIT’s international programs has contributed to much of RIT’s growth in the past decade. RIT’s international campuses in Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo, and China are home to 2,438 students, more than double the count from 2010.
More than 2,000 underrepresented minority students—African American, Latin American, and Native American—are enrolled at the main campus. Students come here from all 50 states and more than 100 countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Women make up about one-third of the main campus student population and continue to make strides in RIT’s STEM programs. There are more than 2.5 times as many women studying in Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences today than there were in 2010. Kate Gleason College of Engineering has nearly doubled the number of women since 2010.
RIT continues to grow its Ph.D. programs at a rapid pace. Last fall, RIT welcomed a record 90 new Ph.D. students to the campus. The university now has 373 Ph.D. students enrolled in eight academic programs, up from 154 Ph.D. students in 2010.
Nearly 3,150 graduate students are enrolled at all campuses. RIT’s largest graduate programs are its MS in computer science (419 students), MS in electrical engineering (127 students), Master of Business Administration (120 students), and MS in professional studies (112 students).