Rochester Institute of Technology Student Population

How many students at RIT? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 17,098 students have enrolled in Rochester Institute of Technology with 14,267 undergraduate and 2,831 graduate students.

By gender, 10,952 male and 6,146 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,607 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

540 students are enrolled exclusively, and 4,319 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Rochester Institute of Technology has a total of 17,098 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 14,267 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,831 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,952 male and 6,146 female students (the male-female ratio is 64:36) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,925 White, 863 Black, and 1,775 Asian students out of a total of 17,098 are attending at Rochester Institute of Technology. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Rochester Institute of Technology is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 69.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
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Student Age Distribution

By age, RIT has 1,163 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 15,100 students under 25 years old, and 1,998 students over 25 years old out of 17,098 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,163 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. RIT has 13,901 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 366 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,199 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,632 students aged 25 and over.

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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Rochester Institute of Technology, 540 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,319 students are enrolled in some online courses.

318 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 222 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,267 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 286 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.00%.274 students have transferred in as full-time status and 12 students transferred in as part-time status.