Enrollment Trends at RIT

The student population at Rochester Institute of Technology is 17,098 (14,267 undergraduate and 2,831 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 459 (2.76%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at RIT is 83.44% which is increased by 725 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 266 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 178 male students for every 100 female students, down from 208 in 2015.
540 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 15.63% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,597 where 17,098 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 17,098 students in 2025 and was lowest at 16,158 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 16,639 to 17,098 students, a net gain of 459 (2.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,639	13,542	9,189	4,353	3,097	2,048	1,049
2016-17	16,507 -132	13,384 -158	8,976 -213	4,408 55	3,123 26	1,990 -58	1,133 84
2017-18	16,584 77	13,515 131	9,151 175	4,364 -44	3,069 -54	1,861 -129	1,208 75
2018-19	16,463 -121	13,513 -2	9,133 -18	4,380 16	2,950 -119	1,844 -17	1,106 -102
2019-20	16,254 -209	13,313 -200	8,891 -242	4,422 42	2,941 -9	1,822 -22	1,119 13
2020-21	16,158 -96	13,412 99	8,867 -24	4,545 123	2,746 -195	1,669 -153	1,077 -42
2021-22	16,790 632	14,000 588	9,304 437	4,696 151	2,790 44	1,733 64	1,057 -20
2022-23	16,615 -175	13,940 -60	9,227 -77	4,713 17	2,675 -115	1,619 -114	1,056 -1
2023-24	16,863 248	14,076 136	9,184 -43	4,892 179	2,787 112	1,635 16	1,152 96
2024-25	17,098 235	14,267 191	9,286 102	4,981 89	2,831 44	1,666 31	1,165 13
Average	16,597	13,696	9,121	4,575	2,901	1,789	1,112

Rochester Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,696 where 14,267 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,542	12,471	8,431	4,040	1,071	758	313
2016-17	13,384	12,253	8,172	4,081	1,131	804	327
2017-18	13,515	12,447	8,393	4,054	1,068	758	310
2018-19	13,513	12,486	8,391	4,095	1,027	742	285
2019-20	13,313	12,254	8,147	4,107	1,059	744	315
2020-21	13,412	12,122	7,942	4,180	1,290	925	365
2021-22	14,000	12,742	8,408	4,334	1,258	896	362
2022-23	13,940	12,811	8,426	4,385	1,129	801	328
2023-24	14,076	12,909	8,404	4,505	1,167	780	387
2024-25	14,267	12,920	8,375	4,545	1,347	911	436
Average	13,696	13,696	8,309	4,233	13,696	812	343

Rochester Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,901 where 2,831 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,097	2,474	1,641	833	623	407	216
2016-17	3,123	2,536	1,608	928	587	382	205
2017-18	3,069	2,472	1,509	963	597	352	245
2018-19	2,950	2,381	1,488	893	569	356	213
2019-20	2,941	2,339	1,448	891	602	374	228
2020-21	2,746	2,161	1,315	846	585	354	231
2021-22	2,790	2,181	1,364	817	609	369	240
2022-23	2,675	2,125	1,297	828	550	322	228
2023-24	2,787	2,250	1,333	917	537	302	235
2024-25	2,831	2,339	1,382	957	492	284	208
Average	2,901	2,901	1,439	887	2,901	350	225

Rochester Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.20%. The percentage was 56.40% 10 years ago and RIT still has a high percentage of white students. 10.38% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.05% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 56.40% to 52.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.28% to 10.38%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.21% to 5.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.93% to 8.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7041 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6720 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rochester Institute of Technology over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	28	1,045	700	986	2	9,385	429
2016-17	31	1,120	666	996	2	9,360	456
2017-18	25	1,227	671	1,014	2	9,507	515
2018-19	17	1,349	626	1,075	3	9,403	556
2019-20	17	1,397	614	1,107	5	9,255	560
2020-21	20	1,420	706	1,211	7	9,177	598
2021-22	18	1,611	742	1,268	6	9,406	691
2022-23	21	1,676	758	1,320	7	9,091	716
2023-24	24	1,782	774	1,352	6	9,016	806
2024-25	26	1,775	863	1,520	8	8,925	807
Average	23	1,440	712	1,185	5	9,253	613

Rochester Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

540 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 15.63% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rochester Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	16,639	467	2,063	14,109
2016-17	16,507	444	2,168	13,895
2017-18	16,584	444	2,087	14,053
2018-19	16,463	418	2,247	13,798
2019-20	16,254	456	2,469	13,329
2020-21	16,158	1,443	11,798	2,917
2021-22	16,790	892	9,961	5,937
2022-23	16,615	655	6,043	9,917
2023-24	16,863	614	5,016	11,233
2024-25	17,098	540	4,319	12,239
Average	16,597	637	4,817	11,143

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Enrollment Trends at RIT

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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