Enrollment Trends at RIT

The student population at Rochester Institute of Technology is 16,615 (13,940 undergraduate and 2,675 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 32 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at RIT is 83.90% which is increased by 60 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 28 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.53 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

655 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 50.92% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,490 where 16,615 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 60 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 28 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.53 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in RIT than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,583	13,880	9,485	4,395	2,703	1,750	953
2014-15	16,310 -273	13,460 -420	9,137 -348	4,323 -72	2,850 147	1,872 122	978 25
2015-16	16,639 329	13,542 82	9,189 52	4,353 30	3,097 247	2,048 176	1,049 71
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
Average	16,490	13,596	9,136	4,460	2,894	1,821	1,074

Rochester Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,596 where 13,940 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,880	12,106	8,160	3,946	1,774	1,325	449
2014-15	13,460	12,211	8,204	4,007	1,249	933	316
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
Average	13,596	13,596	8,267	4,123	13,596	869	337

Rochester Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,894 where 2,675 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rochester Institute of Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,703	2,013	1,304	709	690	446	244
2014-15	2,850	2,210	1,448	762	640	424	216
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
Average	2,894	2,894	1,442	847	2,894	379	227

Rochester Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.72%. The percentage was 55.71% 10 years ago and RIT still has a high percentage of white students. 10.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.56% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rochester Institute of Technology over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	31	836	720	869	10	9,238	334
2014-15	31	927	670	899	8	9,073	374
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
Average	24	1,261	687	1,075	5	9,290	523

Rochester Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

655 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 50.92% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rochester Institute of Technology from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,310	434	1,734	14,142
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
Average	16,480	628	4,508	11,344

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