Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Rochester, NY.
It offers 88 graduate programs - 62 Master's, 13 Doctorate, and 13 Post-bachelor's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $60,052.
A total of 2,831 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 17,098 students at RIT. RIT offers online graduate programs and 462 out of 2,831 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
You can find RIT's health profession programs at health professions information page.
Graduate Program Overview
For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $60,052. It offers eighty-eight (88) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | Rochester Institute of Technology |
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| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
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| Address | 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY |
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| Graduate School Students | 2,787 students
462 students enrolled online exclusively |
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| Tuition & Fees (2024-2025) | $60,052 |
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| Student to Faculty | 13:1 (7.69%) |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 88 Graduate Programs
62 Master's, 13 Doctorate, 13 Post graduate certificates |
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2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Rochester Institute of Technology
The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Rochester Institute of Technology with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $60,052 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $2,463.
2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| Amounts |
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| Tuition | $59,102 |
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| Fees | $950 |
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| Cost per Credit | $2,463 |
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| Books & Supplies | $1,100 |
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| Room & Board | $16,142 (On-Campus) / $16,142 (Off-Campus) |
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| Personal Expenses | $1,700 (On-Campus) / $1,700 (Off-Campus) |
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| On-Campus Total | $78,994 |
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| Off-Campus Total | $78,994 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
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| Tuition & Fees | $50,442 | $52,408 | $54,974 | $57,764 | $60,052 |
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Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
Rochester Institute of Technology offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 88 major areas - 62 Master's (13 online programs), 13 Doctorate, 13 Post-Bachelor's (3 online programs). 1,226 students have been conferred Master's degree and 56 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
| Master's | Doctorate |
Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's |
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| Total | 1,226 | 56 | 87 | - |
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| Men | 713 | 42 | 59 | - |
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| Women | 513 | 14 | 28 | - |
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Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree).
You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| Bioinformatics | 11 |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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Graduate Student Population
RIT graduate schools have a total of 2,787 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 1,635 male and 1,152 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 2,250 full-time and 537 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 462 students enrolled through online exclusively and 716 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 888 White, 77 Black, and 149 Asian students are attending at Rochester Institute of Technology. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
100 grad students are younger than 22 and 187 students are older than 65. It has 2,058 students aged between 22 and 30 and 486 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 2,787 |
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| Men | 1,635 |
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| Women | 1,152 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 2,787 |
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| Full-time Students | 2,250 |
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| Part-time Students | 537 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 2,787 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 3 |
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| Asian | 149 |
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| Black | 77 |
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| Hispanic | 118 |
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Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander | 2 |
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| White | 888 |
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| Two or more races | 70 |
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| Un-Known | 83 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 2,787 |
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| 21 & Under | 100 |
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| 22-24 | 1,099 |
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| 25-29 | 959 |
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| 30-34 | 352 |
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| 35-39 | 134 |
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| 40 & Over | 187 |
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Online Population
At Rochester Institute of Technology graduate schools, 462 students enrolled online exclusively and 716 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 2,831 |
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| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 462 |
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| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 716 |
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| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 1,653 |
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Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 462 |
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| New York Resident | 260 |
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| Other State In U.S. | 186 |
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| Outside of U.S. | 3 |
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