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First-year students can apply for Early Decision II by Jan. 1 to get an admissions and financial aid offer by mid-January.

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Coming to RIT/NTID is about getting access to opportunities and people who will support you and challenge you to be your best. It's about getting experiences that will shape you and take you where you want to go.

We are creating the most powerful, successful network of deaf and hard-of-hearing professionals in the world.

Join us and help move the world forward.

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Statistics

1st

College of Its Kind

NTID is the first and largest technological college in the world for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

1.1k

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

RIT/NTID serves more than 1,100 deaf and hard-of-hearing students from around the United States and the world who live, study, and work alongside hearing students on the mainstream RIT campus.

95%

Employed

RIT/NTID graduates are successful in a broad range of career fields.

90%

Receive Financial Assistance

The percentage of full-time deaf and hard-of-hearing undergraduate students who receive financial assistance.

Immerse Yourself

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Experiential Learning

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Programs of Study

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Beyond Academics

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Research @ NTID

Faces of RIT

  • Rydrea Walker with a camera in front of a green screen.

    Bringing Deaf Culture to the Big Screen

    Rydrea Walker
    Design and Imaging Technology

    Walker wants to share Deaf and hard-of-hearing stories to bridge the gap between cultures and represent the Deaf community in Hollywood.

  • Amelia Hamilton taking photographs at a baseball game.

    Picture Perfect

    Amelia Hamilton
    Photography

    With only a split second to get the perfect shot, Hamilton's passion for capturing emotion is an asset to creating authentic images in the moment.

  • Fred Beam and another actor signing.

    Visual Exploration

    Fred Beam '85

    As outreach coordinator for Sunshine 2.0, a theater group at RIT's National Institute for the Deaf, Beam and his troupe provide performances and activities for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults that highlight the fields of deaf culture, literacy, and STEM.

  • Nicole Pannullo working in a chemistry lab.

    Medicine's Future

    Nicole Pannullo
    Biochemistry

    By working on a faculty-guided research project, Pannullo has gained hands-on research experience to pursue a future in regenerative medicine. It’s one way Pannullo is putting experiential learning to work.

Meet the President and Dean

Caroline Solomon

We are not here simply to prepare students for the workforce—we are here to prepare them for a world that needs their voices, their leadership, their moral compasses, their ability to be agile and adapt and innovate.

Caroline Solomon
NTID President/Vice President RIT
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