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Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience helping students transition to college.
Updated on August 26, 2019Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university with an acceptance rate of 66%. The school's 1,300-acre campus is located just outside of downtown Rochester in a suburban setting. RIT offers over 85 bachelor's degree programs through its twelve colleges. RIT's programs are largely career-oriented, and the school was one of the first in the country to have a cooperative education program. The institute has a 13-to-1 student/faculty ratio. In athletics, the RIT Tigers compete in the NCAA Division III Liberty League. Ice hockey competes in Division I.
Considering applying to Rochester Institute of Technology? Here are the admissions statistics you should know, including average SAT/ACT scores of admitted students.
During the 2017-18 admissions cycle, Rochester Institute of Technology had an acceptance rate of 66%. This means that for every 100 students who applied, 66 students were admitted, making RIT's admissions process competitive.
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The admissions data in the graph is self-reported by applicants to Rochester Institute of Technology. GPAs are unweighted. Find out how you compare to accepted students, see the real-time graph, and calculate your chances of getting in with a free Cappex account.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a selective career-oriented university that rejects over a third of its applicants. To get in, applicants will need strong high school grades and standardized test scores, particularly in math. However, RIT has a holistic admissions process involving other factors beyond your grades and test scores. A strong application essay and glowing letters of recommendation can strengthen your application, as can participation in meaningful extracurricular activities and a rigorous course schedule. Students with particularly compelling stories or achievements can still receive serious consideration even if their test scores and grades are outside of RIT's average range.
In the graph above, the blue and green dots represent accepted students. You can see that most successful applicants had high school averages of a 3.0 or better, combined SAT scores of about 1100 or higher (ERW+M), and ACT composite scores of roughly 22 or better. A large number of admitted students had grade point averages in the "A" range.
